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strass

1[stras] ,
–noun
a flint glass with a high lead content, used to imitate gemstones.

Origin:
1810–20; < G, named after J. Strasser, 18th-century German jeweler who invented it

strass

2[stras] ,
–noun
silk waste produced in making skeins.

Origin:
1855–60; < F strasse < It straccio, n. deriv. of stracciare to tear < VL *extractiare, deriv. of L extractus (see extract )
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paste 1   (pāst)   
n.  
  1. A soft, smooth, thick mixture or material, as:

    1. A smooth viscous mixture, as of flour and water or of starch and water, that is used as an adhesive for joining light materials, such as paper and cloth.

    2. The moist clay or clay mixture used in making porcelain or pottery. Also called pâte.

    3. A smooth dough of water, flour, and butter or other shortening, used in making pastry.

    4. A food that has been pounded until it is reduced to a smooth creamy mass: anchovy paste.

    5. A sweet doughy candy or confection: rolled apricot paste.

    6. A hard, brilliant, lead-containing glass used in making artificial gems.

    7. A gem made of this glass. Also called strass.

    1. A hard, brilliant, lead-containing glass used in making artificial gems.

    2. A gem made of this glass. Also called strass.

v.   past·ed, past·ing, pastes

v.   tr.
  1. To cause to adhere by or as if by applying paste.

  2. To cover with something by or as if by pasting: He pasted the wall with burlap. The wall is pasted with splotches.

  3. Computer Science To insert (text, graphics, or other data) into a document or file.

v.   intr.
Computer Science To insert text, graphics, or other data into a document or file.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin pasta, from Greek, barley-porridge, from neuter pl. of pastos, sprinkled, salted, from passein, to sprinkle; see kwēt- in Indo-European roots.]
strass   (strās)   
n.  See paste1.

[German Strass or French stras, both after Joseph Strasser, 18th-century German jeweler.]
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