Vitroliten.
/ˈvɪtrəʊlʌɪt/ A proprietary name for opal glass.
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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
1937 Times 19 Oct. 11/3 A glass floor has been laid, and glass pictures have been hung, and a bathroom lined with vitrolite is being built.
1939 Trade Marks Jrnl. 1 Feb. 147/1 Vitrolite... Opal and opaline glass. Pilkington Brothers Limited,..Liverpool, 2; glass manufacturers.
1954 Archit. Rev. 116 268/1 Such an atmosphere is not created by stove-enamelled hardboard, vitrolite and chromium-plated barrier rails, the language of the cafeteria.
1975 W. C. Huntington & R. E. Mickadeit Building Constr. (ed. 4) x. 520 Structural glass is available in the form of tile or slabs..for use as a finish on exterior and interior wall surfaces. It is known by various trade names such as Carrara Glass, Vitrolite, and Opalite.
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