单词 | broad glass |
释义 | broad glassn. 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. ΘΠ 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. Π ?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. Π 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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