flint glass
English
Etymology
Originally made of calcined flints.
Noun
flint glass (countable and uncountable, plural flint glasses)
- A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware and in optical instruments.
Synonyms
- crystal glass
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for flint glass in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)