Vitreous
Vitreous , adjective
[Latin vitreous, from vitrum glass; perhaps akin to videre to see (see Vision). Compare Varnish.]
1.
Consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy; as, vitreous rocks.
2.
Of or pertaining to glass; derived from glass; as, vitreous electricity.
Collocations (4)
Vitreous electricity (Electricity) , the kind of electricity excited by rubbing glass with certain substances, as silk; positive electricity; -- opposed to resinous, or negative, electricity.
Vitreous sponge (Zoology) , any one of numerous species of siliceous sponges having, often fibrous, glassy spicules which are normally six-rayed; a hexactinellid sponge. See Venus's basket, under Venus.