Bottle-glass
glass of a deep green or amber color.
Historical Examples
The Lighthouse R.M. Ballantyne
The Yellow Fairy Book Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
The White Man’s Foot Grant Allen
The Ghost Girl H. De Vere Stacpoole
The Yellow Fairy Book Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
IT and Other Stories Gouverneur Morris
Reminiscences of Glass-making Deming Jarves
noun
glass used for making bottles, consisting of a silicate of sodium, calcium, and aluminium
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