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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Converted into glass; hence, by extension, partially converted into glass, as having the exterior converted into a glaze, or having the substance hard aud glassy from exposure to heat: as, vitrified tiles.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Converted into glass.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of vitrify.
  • adjective Converted into glass

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  • adjective (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it

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  • Rotary diamond truing is best applied to vitrified bonded grinding wheels, and secondarily to resin bonds.

    March 22, 2011