vitrum

[ vi-truhm ]

noun

, plural vit·ra [vi, -tr, uh].

1. (in prescriptions) glass.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vitrum¹

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1650–60

Example Sentences

Similes etiam attrahendi vires habere videntur vitrum ... sulphur, mastix, & cera dura sigillaris.

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The vitrum ceratum antimonii proved often too rough a Medicine, and therefore we laid it almost entirely aside.

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Vitrum, 13. simile est Chrystallo.

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Vinum sublimatum, extractum vi Caloris e fecibus Vini in Aheno, 7. cui Alembicum, 8. superimpositum est.  destillat per Tubum, 9. in Vitrum.

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Radii Solis accendunt ligna per Vitrum urens, 5.

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