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vitrum

[vi-truhm]

noun

plural

vitra 
  1. (in prescriptions) glass.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of vitrum1

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1650–60
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Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Similes etiam attrahendi vires habere videntur vitrum ... sulphur, mastix, & cera dura sigillaris.

The vitrum ceratum antimonii proved often too rough a Medicine, and therefore we laid it almost entirely aside.

Vitrum, 13. simile est Chrystallo.

Vinum sublimatum, extractum vi Caloris e fecibus Vini in Aheno, 7. cui Alembicum, 8. superimpositum est.  destillat per Tubum, 9. in Vitrum.

Radii Solis accendunt ligna per Vitrum urens, 5.

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