Definitionn. 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
Last update: August 19, 2015
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The Polynemidae, which range from the Atlantic through the Indian Ocean to the Pacific, supply animals from which isinglass is prepared; one of them, the mango-fish, esteemed a great delicacy, inhabits the seas from the Bay of Bengal to Siam. [Please select]
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But the rest of the inner wing is not green, it is like very thin glass, or like fine isinglass. [Please select]
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Then fined with isinglass, or allowed to settle for a week or two, when it may be drawn off clear and bottled. [Please select]
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Commercial products of fishes, their preparation and their uses: caviar, shagreen, cod liver oil, isinglass, and glue. [Please select]
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Use good quality silk, and on this spread a solution of isinglass warmed. [Please select]
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And the Heidenberg stove, through the isinglass of its door, seemed to glare at good Mr. [Please select]
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The nests are formed of mucilaginous sea-weeds and have the appearance of isinglass. [Please select]
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The intervening space was transparent like thinnest isinglass, and crossed with fine red veins. [Please select]
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Close the middle of the length of the wing, and half an inch from the costa, is a transparent spot like isinglass, so clear that fine print can be read through it. [Please select]
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Lay a piece of glass or else a scrap of an old motor-car window-isinglass on the bottom, and set in a couple of tacks alongside to hold it; this is for a pool. [Please select]
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