| 单词 | bohemian glass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBohemian glass c. Designating a hard potash glass developed in Bohemia, originally used for laboratory glassware and later used to make decorative or ornamental objects; esp. in Bohemian glass. Also: made from or relating to such glass. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [adjective] > other types of glass blownc1425 Bohemian1682 grounded1698 soft1758 unsilvered1772 navelledc1817 drawn-out1822 muffled1847 ambitty1856 muffed1868 roughcast1868 Sandwich1881 fumé1883 hand-blown1885 peach-blow1886 opaque1907 mould-blown1925 offhand1941 1682 J. Partridge tr. A. von Mynsicht Thesaurus & armamentarium medico-chymicum i. 37 This Potable Bezoar is not to be kept in Venice or Bohemian Glasses [L. in vitris Venetis aut Bohemicis], but in thick German Glasses, for the more sure keeping of its spiritual virtue, for which give praise and honour to God. 1782 Encycl. Brit. IX. 6457/1 The lustres and drinking glasses made here [sc. Prague] of Bohemian crystal are much esteemed, and vended all over Europe. 1894 L. R. McCabe in Woman's Bk. II. 344/2 Twenty-five dollars will buy a complete glass service of exquisite Bohemian ware. 1930 Amer. Mag. Art. Feb. 68/2 The substance employed to make the crystal pliable for Venetian glass is soda, for pure crystal glass lead and for Bohemian glass potash. 2016 @juel_07 25 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 19 Nov. 2019) You know that feeling when your cat has smashed your £250 bohemian crystal vase. < as lemmas |
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