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lime glass
noun
- inexpensive glass containing a large proportion of lime, used for making cheap glasses, windowpanes, etc.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lime glass1
First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences
Lead glass, too, is much heavier than lime glass, and is therefore unsuited to many of the purposes for which the latter is generally used, the principal of which is for the glazing of windows.
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