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Vitreous

adjective

Of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye.

Relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass. "Vitreous silica"

(of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it. Synonyms: glassy, vitrified. "Glassy porcelain" , "Hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures"

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... is a delicate membrane, upon the surface of which the images of external objects are received. Its outer surface is in contact with the choroid; its inner, with the vitreous (glass) body. Behind it is continuous with the optic nerve; it gradually diminishes in thickness from behind forward. The retina is soft, semi-transparent and of a purple tint in the fresh state. Exactly in the centre of the posterior part of the retina corresponding to the axis ...

— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter

... out of its place. He speaks without stopping to take breath, with ease, with point, with elegance, and without "spinning the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument." He may be said to weave words into any shapes he pleases for use or ornament, as the glass-blower moulds the vitreous fluid with his breath; and his sentences shine like glass from their polished smoothness, and are equally transparent. His style of eloquence, indeed, is remarkable for neatness, for correctness, and epigrammatic point; and he has ...

— The Spirit of the Age - Contemporary Portraits • William Hazlitt

... plans of action in his mind before reaching the vitreous substratum of the generous high-ball. His first indignant impulse was to give up the ...

— The Midnight Passenger • Richard Henry Savage

Words linked to "Vitreous" : shiny, glazed, vitreous humor, glass, ceramics