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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See sodium silicate.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Chem.) a silicate of sodium or potassium, found in commerce as a white, glassy mass, a stony powder, or dissolved as a viscous, sirupy liquid; -- used for rendering fabrics incombustible, for hardening artificial stone, etc.; -- called also
water glass . - adj. (Chem.) See under Glass.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a viscous glass consisting of sodium silicate in solution; used as a cement or as a protective coating and to preserve eggs
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“(Kempten, 1842); and a work on the preparation, properties, and uses of soluble glass (Munich, 1857).”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
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