French Meaning of flint glass
Verre de silex
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flint glass (n)
optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index
flint glass ()
A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf. Glass.
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Verre de silex
optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive indexA soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used
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flint corn => Maïs flint, flint => silex, flinging => lancer, flinger => lance-pierre, flingdust => grain de poussière,
