lime glass

American  

noun

1. inexpensive glass containing a large proportion of lime, used for making cheap glasses, windowpanes, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of lime glass

First recorded in 1905–10

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lime glass

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.

From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.