English-Thai Dictionary
isinglass
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ISINGLASS
n.i'zinglass. [that is, ise or ice-glass.] A substance consisting chiefly of gelatin, of a firm texture and whitish color, prepared from the sounds or air-bladders of certain fresh water fishes, particularly of the huso, a fish of the sturgeon kind, found in the rivers of Russia. It is used as an agglutinant and in fining wines.
ISINGLASS-STONE
[See Mica. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ISINGLASS
I "sin *glass, n. Etym: [Prob. corrupted fr. D. huizenblas (akin to G.hausenblase ), lit. , bladder of the huso, or large sturgeon; huizen sturgeon + blas bladder. Cf. Bladder, Blast a gust of wind. ]
1. A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure from of gelatin, chiefly prepared from the sounds or air bladders of various species of sturgeons (as the Acipenser huso ) found in the of Western Russia. It used for making jellies, as a clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are not unfrequently so called. Called also fish glue.
2. (Min. )
Defn: A popular name for mica, especially when in thin sheets.
New American Oxford Dictionary
isinglass
i sin glass |ˈīzənˌglas, ˈīziNG -ˈaɪznɡlæs | ▶noun a kind of gelatin obtained from fish, esp. sturgeon, and used in making jellies, glue, etc. , and for clarifying ale. • mica or a similar material in thin transparent sheets. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: alteration (by association with glass ) of obsolete Dutch huysenblas ‘sturgeon's bladder, ’ from huysen ‘sturgeon ’ + blas ‘bladder. ’
Oxford Dictionary
isinglass
isinglass |ˈʌɪzɪŋˌglɑːs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 a kind of gelatin obtained from fish, especially sturgeon, and used in making jellies, glue, etc. and for fining real ale. 2 chiefly US mica or a similar material in thin transparent sheets. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: alteration (by association with glass ) of obsolete Dutch huysenblas ‘sturgeon's bladder ’, from huysen ‘sturgeon ’ + blas ‘bladder ’.
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