A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial paste gems, which consists essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium. Cf. Glass.
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Strass
Encyclopedia Britannica
STRASS, or Paste. See Glass, vol. x. p. 665.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 22, p. 589
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