lead glass
[led]
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noun
glass containing lead oxide.
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- lead chromate,
- lead colic,
- lead dioxide,
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- lead encephalopathy,
- lead glaze,
- lead line,
- lead monoxide,
- lead off,
- lead on
Origin of lead glass
First recorded in 1855–60
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Examples from the Web for lead glass
Braun was very decently laid out in a lead-lined box, with a lead-glass window over his face.
Space Platform|Murray LeinsterLead-glass articles tend to be rather more stable than similar articles of soda-glass.
A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing|Bernard D. BolasLower bowl fragment of lead-glass Romer ornamented with gadrooning or pillar molding.
Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology|Ivor Noel HumeAs a rule, soda-glass will need more annealing than lead-glass.
A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing|Bernard D. Bolas
lead glass
noun
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