vitrum

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noun

Glass; a glassy material.

OriginLatin vitrum →
Scrabble 11
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Meanings

nounvitrum (plural vitra)

plural vitra

  1. obsoleteGlass; a glassy material.

    I imagine it to be some small parcel of the Steel, which by the violence of the motion of the stroke […] is made so glowing hot, that it is melted into a Vitrum, which by the ambient Air is thrust into the form of a Ball.

    1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia

Origin

  1. Latinvitrum
  2. Englishvitrum

From Latin vitrum.

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