Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
aggri | ancient W. African variegated glass beads. No -S. |
aggry | ancient W. African variegated glass beads. |
ambitty | (Fr.) of glass, devitrified. |
calcedonio | a type of Venetian coloured glass resembling natural stones like chalcedony. |
cullet | waste glass, melted up again with new material. |
cutglass | made of cut glass, i.e. flint glass shaped by cutting or grinding. |
faience | (Fr.) glazed coloured earthenware. |
favrile | a type of iridescent glassware developed in America at the turn of the 20th century by L. C. Tiffany. |
fayence | (Fr.) glazed coloured earthenware. |
frigger | a kind of glass ornament. |
frit | mixed materials for making glass; (verb) to fuse into a vitreous substance. |
fritt | to fuse into a vitreous substance. |
glassblowing | a process used in making glass. |
glassmaking | the act of making glass. |
glassware | ware, or articles collectively, made of glass. |
glasswork | articles or ornamentation made of glass. |
handblown | made by glassblowing and moulded by hand. |
lalique | (Tradename) a type of ornamental glass. |
latticinio | (Ital.) a type of Venetian glassware containing decorative threads of milk-white glass. |
latticino | (Ital.) a type of Venetian glassware containing decorative threads of milk-white glass. |
lehr | a glass-annealing oven. |
marver | a marble or iron slab on which molten glass is rolled; (verb) to roll glass on a marver. |
millefiori | (Ital.) an ornamental glassmaking technique. |
murrhine | a kind of clear glassware used to make ancient Roman vases. |
myrrhine | of a kind of clear glassware containing pieces of coloured glass. |
parison | (Fr.) a lump of glass before it is moulded into its final shape. |
polverine | (Obs.) barilla ash, used in glassmaking. |
pontie | an iron rod used in holding and manipulating glassware during manufacture. |
pontil | an iron rod used in holding and manipulating glassware during manufacture. |
pontile | an iron rod used in holding and manipulating glassware during manufacture. |
ponty | an iron rod used in holding and manipulating glassware during manufacture. |
prunt | a moulded glass ornament attached to a larger glass object. |
prunted | having a prunt, a moulded glass ornament attached to a larger glass object. |
pulverine | barilla ash, used in glassmaking. |
puntee | an iron rod used in holding and manipulating glassware during manufacture. |
punty | an iron rod used in holding and manipulating glassware during manufacture. |
sandiver | glass-gall, a scum formed on fused glass. |
schmelz | (Ger.) a kind of glass of a red or ruby color, made in Bohemia. |
schmelze | (Ger.) a kind of glass of a red or ruby color, made in Bohemia. |
schwarzlot | (Ger.) a type of black enamel decoration on glass, porcelain etc. |
smalto | (Ital.) a piece of coloured glass used in mosaic. |
vitrail | (Fr.) stained glass. |
vitrailled | fitted with vitrail, stained glass. |
vitrics | glass products. |
vitrifacture | glassblowing. |
vitrify | to convert into glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion. |