Meanings
plural crackle glasses · alternative crackle-glass
- countableuncountableA type of glass with fine cracks, developed in Venice in the 16th century by immersing the hot glass in cold water.
When this change has been fully developed we get a true crackle-glass, not to be confounded with the frosted glass of Venice mentioned in Chapter XIII.
1907, Edward Dillon, Glass, London: Methuen and Co., page 17Synonyms: ice glass, crackled glass
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of glass with fine cracks, developed in Venice in the 16th century by immersing the hot glass in cold water.
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