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verglas

[ver-glah]

noun, plural ver·glases

[-glah, -glahz] .

glaze (def. 17).

Origin:
1800–10; < French; Old French verre-glaz literally, glass-ice, equivalent to verre glass (< Latin vitrum) + glaz ice (< Late Latin glacia; see glacial)

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verglas (ˈvɛəɡlɑː)

—n , pl -glases
	a thin film of ice on rock

[from Old French verre-glaz glass-ice, from verre glass (from Latin vitrum) + glaz ice (from Late Latin glacia, from Latin glaciēs)]

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