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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
isinglass /ˈʌɪzɪŋˌglɑːs/

▶noun

1 a kind of gelatin obtained from fish, especially sturgeon.

2 chiefly US mica or a similar material in thin transparent sheets.

– origin C16: alt. (by assoc. with glass) of obs. Du. huysenblas ‘sturgeon's bladder’.

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