Bohemian glass

English

Noun

Bohemian glass (usually uncountable, plural Bohemian glasses)

  1. A variety of hard glass of fine quality, made in Bohemia. It is of variable composition, containing usually silica, lime, and potash, rarely soda, but no lead. It is often remarkable for beauty of colour.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Bohemian glass in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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