Vitreous

vit′rē-us, adj. gla y: pertaining to, consisting of, or like gla .— ns. Vitreos′ity , Vit′reousne ; Vitres′cence .— adj. Vitres′cent , tending to become gla .— n. Vit′reum , the vitreous humour of the eye.— adj. Vit′ric .— ns. Vit′rics , gla y materials: the history of gla and its manufacture; Vitrifac′tion , Vitrificā′tion , act, proce , or operation of vitrifying, or converting into gla ; Vitrifac′ture , the manufacture of gla .— adjs. Vit′rifiable , that may be vitrified or turned into gla ; Vit′rified .— ns.pl. Vit′rified-forts , -walls , certain ancient Scottish, French, . forts or walls in which the silicious stone has been vitrified by fire, whether by intention or accident is uncertain.— adj. Vit′riform , having the form of gla .— v.t. Vit′rify , to make into gla .— v.i. to become gla .— ns. Vitrī′na , a genus of land molluscs forming a connecting-link between the slugs and true snails—the gla -snail; Vit′rine , a show-case made of gla and used to protect delicate articles. [L. vitrum , gla — vidēre , to see.]