Isinglass
['aɪzɪŋ,glɑːs] or ['aɪzɪŋɡlæs]
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A popular name for mica, especially when in thin sheets.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Fish-glue, ichthyocol, icthyocolla, CARLOCK.[2]. Mica.
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Definition
n. a glutinous substance chiefly prepared from the air-bladders of the sturgeon.
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Examples
- The swimming-bladders or sounds, besides being highly nutritious, supply, if rightly prepared, isinglass equal to the best of that which is brought from Russia. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mica, which so many people know as isinglass, is one of the most important materials in the manufacture of the standard electric iron. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In his method of doing so, he covers the steel plate with a solution of isinglass and bichromate of potass, and placing a collodion negative picture upon it, he exposes it to the action of light. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Poor people used oiled paper, isinglass, thinly shaved leather, resembling parchment, and thin sheets of soft pale crystalised stone known as talc, and soapstone. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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