vitreous
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Adjective (3)
- of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye“the vitreous chamber”Relating to vitreous humour
- relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass“vitreous rocks”“vitreous silica”Relating to glass
- (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it“glassy porcelain”“hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures”Synonyms: glassyvitrifiedOpposite unglazedSimilar glazed, shiny
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. vitreous, from vitrum glass; perhaps akin to videre to see (see Vision). Cf. Varnish.
1. Consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy; as, vitreous rocks.
2. Of or pertaining to glass; derived from glass; as, vitreous electricity.
Vitreous body Anatomy, the vitreous humor. See the Note under Eye. — Vitreous electricity Electricity, the kind of electricity excited by rubbing glass with certain substances, as silk; positive electricity; — opposed to resinous, or negative, electricity. — Vitreous humor. Anatomy See the Note under Eye. — Vitreous sponge Zoology, any one of numerous species of siliceous sponges having, often fibrous, glassy spicules which are normally six-rayed; a hexactinellid sponge. See Venus's basket, under Venus.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54