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单词 broad glass
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broad glassn.

Brit. /ˈbrɔːd ɡlɑːs/, /ˈbrɔːd ɡlas/, U.S. /ˈbrɔd ˌɡlæs/, /ˈbrɑd ˌɡlæs/
Forms: see broad adj.1 and n.1 and glass n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: broad adj.1, glass n.1
Etymology: < broad adj.1 + glass n.1
Now historical.
1. Sheet glass, esp. as used for windows; (from the 17th cent.) spec. glass of this kind manufactured by being blown into cylinders, then reheated so that it can be flattened. Cf. spread glass n.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass > other types of glass
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
1380 in S. E. Winbolt Wealden Glass (1933) viii. 45/1 [The aforesaid Joan for her part shall find at her own cost for her portion to be paid to the same John, his heirs or executors, for] sheu [of] brodeglas [20d. and for a hundred of] vessel [6d. for his labour].
1552 Patent Roll, 6 Edward VI 26 Apr. (P.R.O.: C 66/846) m. 26 Where our welbelouid subiecte Henry Smyth of our Citie of London, merchaunt, intendeth..to brynge certayn strangers into this our realme mete and experte for making..brode glasse of like fasshion.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iii. 122 The glass-houses, both for Vessells and broad-glass.
1734 Fog's Weekly Jrnl. 22 June (advt.) Five hundred half-cases of common broad glass, made in Prescot, near Liverpool.
a1864 R. D. Thomson Dict. Chem. (c1865) 262/2 There is an inferior kind of window glass, termed broad or spread glass, made by fluxing soaper's waste, kelp, and sand, but it is less frequently used than formerly.
1991 Constr. Hist. 7 52 Since then [sc. the 1730s] broad glass rapidly lost ground to crown in spite of attempts from the 1750s onwards to introduce an improved cylinder process developed on the Continent.
2. A magnifying glass, used for reading. Obsolete.
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?a1549 Inventory Henry VIII (1998) I. 5/2 Item one brode glasse to loke vppon a boke.
1571 J. Leslie Diary 17 Aug. in Bannatyne Misc. (1855) III. 141 To Mr Kingismell, ane gilt quhinger, with a breid glass to read withall.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xv. 111 A leathern vizor of a most terrible appearance, stretched on the jaws of a shark which he had brought from sea, and accommodated with a couple of broad glasses instead of eyes.

Compounds

As a modifier, designating a manufacturer of broad glass, as in broad-glass house, broad-glass maker.historical after early 18th cent.
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1625 Parish Reg. All Saints', Newcastle in H. S. Grazebrook Coll. Geneal. Noble Families Henzey, Tyttery, & Tyzack (1877) 114 Dec. 11, Rachel d. to Tobias Henzey, broad-glass-maker.
1686 London Gaz. No. 2197/4 Any Person that has occasion for Glass for Windows, may be furnished at the Broad Glass-house in Whitesyard.
1710 London Gaz. No. 4723/3 Any broad Glass-house within the Kingdom.
1712 London Gaz. No. 4951/4 Broad Glass, or Window-Glass..sold by any of the Broadglass-makers.
1998 G. Timmins Made in Lancs. i. 33 That broad glass was made here is deduced from the association of Joseph Henzy, a broad-glass maker, with the works.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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