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Isinglass

noun
1.
Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity.  Synonym: mica.






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"Isinglass" Quotes from Famous Books



... voyage was dark and rainy. But though the rain continued after our landing, Japan was picturesque. On four out of our six days we drove about, shut up in water-tight buggies called "rickshaws." They were like one-hoss-shays, through whose front windows of isinglass we looked out upon the bare legs of our engineer and conductor, who took the place of the horse for twenty-five ...
— A Tour of the Missions - Observations and Conclusions • Augustus Hopkins Strong



Words linked to "Isinglass" :   biotite, transparent substance, paragonite, lepidolite, translucent substance, mineral, muscovite, phlogopite, zinnwaldite



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