flint glass

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A misnomer for English and American lead glass The term came into use in the seventeenth century, when ground or calcined flint temporarily replace sand as the source of silica for glassmaking in England
Called also crystal glass
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An old term for glass containing lead, dating from a period when calcined or ground flint was used as the source for silica in glass manufacture the modern term is lead crystal’ GANTAD
It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints
glass made of potash and lead oxide
Clear or uncolored glass
A soft, fusible, lustrous, brilliant lead-oxide optical glass with high refraction and low dispersion. Also called lead glass
A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium
Glass
optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index
flint glass

    Hyphenation

    Flint glass

    Turkish pronunciation

    flînt gläs

    Pronunciation

    /ˈflənt ˈglas/ /ˈflɪnt ˈɡlæs/
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