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vitrescent, a.|vɪˈtrɛsənt|
[f. L. vitr-um glass + -escent. Cf. It. vitrescente.]
Tending to become glass; susceptible of being turned into glass; glassy.
1756P. Browne Jamaica 48 They seem to be formed chiefly of the vitrescent fluor, debased by a less agitated or divided clay. 1767Phil. Trans. LVII. 440 The stone is of an extreme hardness, and almost a petrifaction..of many different stones, but all vitrescent. 1778Pryce Min. Cornub. 262 The nitre and tartar are..rendered still more vitrescent by the borax. 1825J. Nicholson Oper. Mech. 756 Iron ores..require calcareous additions, and the copper ores, rather slags or vitrescent stones, than calcareous earth. 1885tr. Labarte's Arts Mid. Ages viii. 289 A vitrescent coating. |