Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In physics, in a manner analogous to that observed in the case of glass: as, a vitreously charged body or a vitreously reflected beam of light.
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Examples
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It seemed as if one could almost hear him vitreously chime and ring.
The Confidence-Man 1857
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It seemed as if one could almost hear him vitreously chime and ring.
The Confidence-Man Herman Melville 1855
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