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lead glass

American  
[led] / lɛd /

noun

  1. glass containing lead oxide.


lead glass British  
/ lɛd /

noun

  1. glass that contains lead oxide as a flux

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of lead glass

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

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They maintained all the historic trim and all of the hand-carved millwork, which was done in Franklin, as well as the lead glass windows.

From Washington Times • Sep. 17, 2019

The technician stands a few meters away behind a lead-lined door with a lead glass window, reducing her occupational exposure.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Labor, he says, has become 9% more expensive in the past year, and "aluminum, copper, lead, glass and plastics are all up."

From Time Magazine Archive

Among the borough’s manufactures are steel, lead, glass, ploughs and enamel- and tin-ware.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

This bottle, made of English lead glass and therefore an imported article, was unearthed from a grave in the Indian burying ground.

From Old English Patent Medicines in America by Griffenhagen, George B.