silvered glass

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• silvered glass — noun : mercury glass …   Useful english dictionary

• silvered — /sil veuhrd/, adj. 1. coated or plated with silver. 2. coated with a silverlike substance, as quicksilver or tinfoil: a mirror of silvered glass. 3. tinted a silver color, or having silver highlights: silvered hair. [1475 85; SILVER + ED2] * * * …   Universalium

• Silvered — Silver Sil ver, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Silvered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Silvering}.] 1. To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mercury glass — English mercury glass objects Mercury glass is the common term for silvered glass, which describes glass that was blown double walled, then silvered between the layers with a liquid silvering solution, and sealed. Although mercury was originally… …   Wikipedia

• mercury glass — noun : thin glass blown with double walls and sealed after silvering of the enclosed surface of the inner wall to produce an ornamental ware called also silvered glass * * * mercury glass, a kind of glass with a silvery appearance obtained by… …   Useful english dictionary

• New England Glass Company — ▪ American glass company       American glass company that was situated in East Cambridge, Mass., from about 1818 until 1888. In the latter year the company s owner, Edward D. Libbey, met a strike of his workers by moving the factory to Toledo,… …   Universalium

• half-silvered — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective of a mirror or glass block : having a metallic film backing of such thinness that only half the incident light is reflected with the remainder being transmitted through the backing …   Useful english dictionary

• Mirror — looking glass redirects here. For other uses, see Looking Glass (disambiguation). This article is about wave reflectors (mainly, specular reflection of visible light). For other uses, see Mirror (disambiguation). A mirror, reflecting a vase A… …   Wikipedia

• furniture — furnitureless, adj. /ferr ni cheuhr/, n. 1. the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like. 2. fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something. 3. equipment for …   Universalium

• lighthouse — /luyt hows /, n., pl. lighthouses / how ziz/. 1. a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc. 2. either of two cylindrical metal… …   Universalium

• Octant (instrument) — Octant. This instrument, labelled Crichton London, Sold by J Berry, Aberdeen, appears to have an ebony frame with ivory scale, vernier and signature plate. The index arm and mirror supports are brass. Rather than use a sighting telescope, this… …   Wikipedia