"Tachylyte" is a word in ENGLISH
A vitreous form of basalt; -- so called because
decomposable by acids and readily fusible.
still other winters average their rain months into a long, cold season of relentless sog and little color. At such times, looking out through the spattered glass, I feel, deep in some spongy, unignorable organ, that we will have floods, and damage, and losses; we will have gray till the cows come home, and there will be no more cows--they'll all just rot, drown, or simply wash away. We will have rain until the very hills dissolve. And when the dirty cotton swaddling of fog finally falls away, we will all be desperate for vital signs.
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Sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and …
Read the complete definitionNative copper sulphide, called also copper glance, and vitreous copper; a mineral of a black color and metallic luster.
Read the complete definitionThe process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelain.
Read the complete definitionTo deprive of glasslike character; to take away vitreous luster and transparency from.
Read the complete definitionA mineral of a brownish red color and vitreous luster, consisting chiefly of the silicates of iron, zirconia, and lime.
Read the complete definitionA name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either …
Read the complete definitionA vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda.
Read the complete definitionA mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and …
Read the complete definitionA mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming …
Read the complete definitionA remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a …
Read the complete definitionA siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- …
Read the complete definitionMade of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance.
Read the complete definitionThe vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See Glaze, v. t., …
Read the complete definitionThe act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing …
Read the complete definitionA mineral of a transparent vitreous brown color, found in the ejected masses of Vesuvius. It is a silicate of …
Read the complete definitionResembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.
Read the complete definitionAn order of vitreous sponges, having glassy six-rayed, siliceous spicules; -- called also Hexactinellinae.
Read the complete definitionA silicate of alumina, iron, and magnesia, having a bright blue color and vitreous luster; cordierite. It is remarkable for …
Read the complete definitionA mineral, of a white color and vitreous luster. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Exposed to …
Read the complete definitionA hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreous luster; iron vitriol.
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