unsilveredadj.
(un- prefix1 2.)
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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
1772 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 100 The back-horizon-glass was silvered,..the upper part being left unsilvered.
1854 B. Powell Pereira's Lect. Polarized Light (ed. 2) 113 This combination of Fresnel's rhomb and an unsilvered glass.
1895 Outing 26 397/1 The mirror..has a small unsilvered spot in the centre.
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adj.1772