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lead glass
[ led ]
noun
- glass containing lead oxide.
lead glass
/ lɛd /
noun
- glass that contains lead oxide as a flux
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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.
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The, work is exposed to this flame until, in the case of lead glass, traces of reduction begin to appear.
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For large blow-pipe work with lead glass I recommend a system of four simple blow-pipes, in accordance with the sketch annexed.
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Braun was very decently laid out in a lead-lined box, with a lead-glass window over his face.
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His sneer was plainly visible through the six-ply, plastic-backed lead glass of his face-plate.
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