vitrify
verb (used with or without object)
to convert or be converted into glass.
vitrifiable
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a word derived from
vitrify.
Example Sentences
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To paint glass the artist uses a plate of translucent glass, and applies the design and colouring with vitrifiable colours.
From Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society by Various
Many pieces have been preserved that have been painted in vitrifiable colors, the designs are crude, the colors red, yellow, blue, and occasionally black or green.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle
Two heavy glass beakers brought from Holland, decorated with vitrifiable colors like the Bristol glass, are unusual pieces.
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle
The time necessary for the exposure can be ascertained by taking out one of the many pieces of glass, applying to the sensitive surface a vitrifiable color, and observing whether the color adheres well.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various
It was opaque, a milky white color, and was coarsely decorated with vitrifiable colors in a few lines of red, green, yellow, or black, occasionally with initials, dates, or Scriptural references.
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle
