figured glass
Americannoun
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Almost the whole frontage was of gilt plaster and figured glass, and between that grey seascape and the grey, witch-like trees, its gimcrack quality had something spectral in its melancholy.
From The Wisdom of Father Brown by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
This window, like all the rest along the frontage of the hotel, was of frosted and figured glass; but in the middle of it was a big, black smash, like a star in the ice.
From The Innocence of Father Brown by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
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