单词 | run glass |
释义 | > as lemmasrun glass run glass n. a type of roughcast plate glass, cast while molten on a table, tray, or similar flat surface. ΚΠ 1843 J. Pereira Lect. Polarized Light ii. 48 The reason why run glass (that is, glass made without paying the duty) is very apt to crack; for owing to the rapidity with which all the stages of its manufacture have been hurried on, it is not well made. 1906 Board of Trade Jrnl. 29 Nov. 426 (table) Crude glass (run glass), such as roofing glass, glass tiles, glass slabs for pavements and walls. 1942 A. E. W. Mason Musk & Amber xii. 121 The fragility of blown glass..the more durable run glass. 1984 L. Macinnes in R. Miket & C. Burgess Between & Beyond Walls ix. 194 Glass was present in abundance on the site, but there was no certain evidence of its manufacture, with the exception of one piece of run glass. < as lemmas |
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