Plyglassn.
/ˈplʌɪˌɡlɑːs/, /ˈplʌɪˌɡlas/, U.S. /ˈplaɪˌɡlæs/ A type of laminated glass consisting of two or more panes enclosing one or more hermetically sealed spaces, which may contain dry air or be filled with a translucent material like glass fibre.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.
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mirror glass1440
Venice glass1527
green glass1559
bubble glass1591
hard glass1597
window glass1606
bottle glass1626
looking-glass plate1665
opal glass1668
flint-glass1683
broad-glass1686
jealous glass1703
plate glass1728
Newcastle glass1734
flint1755
German sheet glass1777
Réaumur's porcelain1777
cut glass1800
Vauxhall1830
muslin glass1837
Venetian glass1845
latticinio1855
quartz glass1861
muff glass1865
thallium glass1868
St. Gobain glass1870
frost blue1873
crackle-glass1875
opaline1875
crackle-ware1881
amberina1883
opal1885
Jena1892
Holophane1893
roughcast1893
soda glass1897
opalite1899
milchglas1907
pâte de verre1907
Pyrex1915
silica glass1916
soda-lime glass1917
Vita-glass1925
peach-blow1930
borosilicate glass1933
Vitrolite1937
twin plate1939
sintered glass1940
gold-film1954
Plyglass1956
pyroceram1957
float glass1959
solar glass1977
1949 Trade Marks Jrnl. 2 Mar. 191/1 Plygloss [sic]... Glassware..,plate glass, sheet glass, glass rods, glass tubes..,glass wool and spun glass. Plyglass Limited,..Leyton, London,..manufacturers.]
1956 Archit. Rev. 119 46 Normal windows are of galvanized steel; panels between windows, of cantilevered section, are ply-glass.
1958 Specification (ed. 59) 1123/2 Uses of Plyglass diffusors are in roof lights, laylights and over-transom lights.
1981 Dict. National Biogr. 1961–70 at Stephenson, Cecil A year later he was awarded a silver medal at the Brussels International Exhibition for a plyglass mural.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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