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Vitreous adj.

Consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy; as, vitreous rocks.

Of or pertaining to glass; derived from glass; as, vitreous electricity.

Vitreous body (Anat.), the vitreous humor. See the Note under Eye.

Vitreous electricity (Elec.), the kind of electricity excited by rubbing glass with certain substances, as silk; positive electricity; opposed to resinous, or negative, electricity.

Vitreous humor. (Anat.) See the Note under Eye.

Vitreous sponge (Zool.), any one of numerous species of siliceous sponges having, often fibrous, glassy spicules which are normally six-rayed; a hexactinellid sponge. See Venus's basket, under Venus.

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Etymology of 'Vitreous'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Vitreous" Quotes from Famous Books

... Galeotto let him go. He dropped to his chair and fell forward against the table, drenching it in blood. Thence he went over sideways and toppled to the floor, where he lay twitching, a huddle of arms and legs, the head lolling sideways, the eyes vitreous, and blood, blood, blood all ...

— The Strolling Saint • Raphael Sabatini

Words linked to "Vitreous" : vitreous silica, shiny, glazed, vitreous humour, glass, vitrified