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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vitreous /ˈvɪtrɪəs/

▶adjective like glass in appearance or physical properties.

■ (of a substance) derived from or containing glass.

– derivatives
vitreousness noun.

– origin ME: from L. vitreus (from vitrum ‘glass’) + -ous.

'vitreous' also found in these Oxford entries:

engineering brick - fulgurite - garnet - glaze - humour - hyaloid membrane - paste - pitchstone - vitreous humour

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