glassinen.
/ˈɡlɑːsiːn/, /ˈɡlasiːn/, U.S. /ɡlæˈsin/ A glossy transparent paper. Also attributive or as adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > transparent paper
oil-paper1713
glassine1916
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [adjective] > made or consisting of paper > of specific kind
rice paper1831
glassine1916
1916 W. W. Young Story of Cigarette vi. 98 Each carton is wrapped by hand in moisture-proof and germ-proof glassine paper and firmly sealed.
1925 Pulp & Paper Mag. 6 Aug. 881 The manufacture of glassine paper requires great care, exceptionally clean raw materials, experienced labor, and specially designed machinery... Glassine is a paper which is made from very clean pulps, and which must be highly transparent.
1931 F. Hurst Back St. lviii. 507 Her dry mouth open, with a bubble, as if of glassine paper, spanning it.
1957 P. Mansfield Final Exposure xvi. 242 Enclosed in a glassine sheath, there lay a negative.
1957 P. Mansfield Final Exposure xvi. 244 The negative had been carefully released from the glassine envelope.
1970 S. Ellin Man from Nowhere xxxii. 155 He had stored Thoren's envelope and scrap paper in glassine packets.
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n.1916- to face a person with a lie
- to face about
- to face and brace
- to face down
- to face facts
- to face it out
- to face out
- to face out a etc
- to face out a matter
- to face out of
- to face out of countenance
- to face out with a card of ten
- to face right about
- to face something out with a card of ten
- to face the facts
- to face the music
- to face the racket
- to face up to
- to face with
- to face with a card of ten
- to face with a lie
- to factor in
- to factor into
- to factor out
- to factor out of