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lead glass

[ led ]

noun

  1. glass containing lead oxide.


lead glass

/ lɛd /

noun

  1. glass that contains lead oxide as a flux
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lead glass1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences

Lead-glass articles tend to be rather more stable than similar articles of soda-glass.

The, work is exposed to this flame until, in the case of lead glass, traces of reduction begin to appear.

For large blow-pipe work with lead glass I recommend a system of four simple blow-pipes, in accordance with the sketch annexed.

Braun was very decently laid out in a lead-lined box, with a lead-glass window over his face.

His sneer was plainly visible through the six-ply, plastic-backed lead glass of his face-plate.

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