Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
paste , 3. - noun The refuse of silk left in making up skeins.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial paste gems, which consists essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium. Cf.
glass .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
brilliant glass , used in the manufacture ofartificial paste gemstones , consisting essentially of a complexborosilicate oflead andpotassium .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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From the formula given is made the material known as "strass," or
The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones John Mastin
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Christian Louboutin "Maykimay strass clutch" all images can be found atnet-a-porter. com
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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Christian Louboutin "Maykimay strass clutch" all images can be found atnet-a-porter. com
Tailored Tuesdays 2009
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CUSTOM: Une etoile de strass sur le coin de l'oeil gauche
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008
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She knew all his poems by heart, took the strass for diamonds and welcomed the chance of introducing her brilliant son to the Irish Nationalist Members and other pinchbeck celebrities who flocked about her.
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Vous rêvez de gloire, de strass et surtout de commentaires par milliers?
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-- F.O. H.L. L., of N.Y. -- According to Ure, strass is made as follows: 8 ounces of pure rock crystal or flint, in powder, mixed with 4 ounces of salt of tartar, are to be baked and left to cool.
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Composition of paste, or strass, for imitation stones, 71
The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones John Mastin
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She knew all his poems by heart, took the strass for diamonds and welcomed the chance of introducing her brilliant son to the Irish Nationalist Members and other pinchbeck celebrities who flocked about her.
Oscar Wilde Harris, Frank 1916
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She knew all his poems by heart, took the strass for diamonds and welcomed the chance of introducing her brilliant son to the Irish Nationalist Members and other pinchbeck celebrities who flocked about her.
Oscar Wilde His Life and Confessions Harris, Frank 1910
qms commented on the word strass
The Etymologies section provides information from The American Heritage Dictionary crediting the invention of facsimile gems to Joseph Strasser in Vienna in 1748. This theory is also embraced by the Encyclopdia Brittanica. The same Etymologies section also reports the Wiktionary claim that the invention was made by Georg Friedrich Strass (alt., Georges Frédéric Strass) in Alsace before 1730. This is supported by Wikipedia. Other sources simply report the controversy.
The Alsatian (French) attribution has the leverage of precedence, seems thoroughly documented and does not require distortion of the proper name to produce the common noun. It gets my vote.
December 2, 2014
qms commented on the word strass
Mere gemstones are tacky and crass.
We Rhinestones are true upper class.
Diamonds are coal
Dug from a hole
But we are descendants of Strass.
December 2, 2014
bilby commented on the word strass
Next time someone cuts in front of me I shall say: "I deign to thwart thy leverage of precedence!"
December 2, 2014
ruzuzu commented on the word strass
Brilliant.
December 2, 2014
qms commented on the word strass
Thank you kindly ruzuzu, and, bilby, good luck with the imprecation but in such events it is always better to be either bigger or faster than the offender.
December 2, 2014