glassine

[ gla-seen ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a strong, thin, glazed, semitransparent paper, often made into small bags, used for packaging foods, for book jackets, etc.

glassine

/ ɡlæˈsiːn /

First recorded in 1915–20; glass + -ine ¹

(In Philadelphia heroin comes in glassine envelopes ink-stamped with a brand name or logo).

It was of sulphite fiber inside, and glassine outside; a style afterward reversed, so as to have the glassine the inner tube.

There were several glassine packets, small packets of hypodermic needles—well, packed in and sterilized in.

Never use glassine alone for it causes the grafts to overheat and so destroys them.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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