flashed glass

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noun

clear glass flashed with a thin layer of colored glass or a coating of metallic oxide.

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Origin of flashed glass

First recorded in 1875–80

“JSwipe is currently under heavy load,” flashed across the screen, one night as a friend and I looked at it.
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A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).
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Instead of decorating every face on the street, Google Glass hit a contrarian rip tide.
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Park employees helped John quit tobacco by way of a butts-proof glass enclosure, a drastic change in diet, and regular exercise.
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He would shake a chilled Coke, and then spray the soda into a cold glass of milk.
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I was rather awed by his imposing appearance, and advanced timidly to the doors, which were of glass, and pulled the bell.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
The doors (Indian bungalows have hardly any windows, each door being half glass) were open front and back.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Where the outside conditions are not very favourable, practically all the British species may be grown with ease under glass.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
It is only necessary to have a zinc, or a galvanized tray on which to stand the glass in an inverted position.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin