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water glass

–noun
1. a drinking glass; tumbler.
2. a glass container for holding water, as for growing bulbs, plants, or the like.
3. a glass tube used to indicate water level, as in a boiler.
4. a device for observing objects beneath the surface of the water, consisting essentially of an open tube or box with a glass bottom.
5. sodium silicate.
Also, wa⋅ter⋅glass.


Origin:
1600–10
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water glass n.
See soluble glass.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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