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CRYSTAL, n. [L. Gr., frost.] 1. In chemistry and mineralogy, an inorganic body, which, by the operation of affinity, has assumed the form of a regular solid, terminated by a certain number of plane and smooth surfaces.2. A factitious body, cast in glass houses, called crystal glass; a species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture, than common glass. The best kind is the Venice crystal. It is called also factitious crystal or paste.3. A substance of any kind having the form of a crystal.4. The glass of a watch-case.Rock crystal, or mountain crystal, a general name for all the transparent crystals of quartz, particularly of limpid or colorless quartz.Iceland crystal, a variety of calcarious spar, or crystalized carbonate of lime, brought from Iceland. It occurs in laminated masses, easily divisible into rhombs, and is remarkable for its double refraction.CRYSTAL, a. Consisting of crystal, or like crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid. By crystal streams that murmur thorough the meads.
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CRYSTAL, n. [L. Gr., frost.] 1. In chemistry and mineralogy, an inorganic body, which, by the operation of affinity, has assumed the form of a regular solid, terminated by a certain number of plane and smooth surfaces.2. A factitious body, cast in glass houses, called crystal glass; a species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture, than common glass. The best kind is the Venice crystal. It is called also factitious crystal or paste.3. A substance of any kind having the form of a crystal.4. The glass of a watch-case.Rock crystal, or mountain crystal, a general name for all the transparent crystals of quartz, particularly of limpid or colorless quartz.Iceland crystal, a variety of calcarious spar, or crystalized carbonate of lime, brought from Iceland. It occurs in laminated masses, easily divisible into rhombs, and is remarkable for its double refraction.CRYSTAL, a. Consisting of crystal, or like crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid. By crystal streams that murmur thorough the meads. | CRYS'TAL, a.Consisting of crystal, or like crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid.
By crystal streams that murmur through the meads. – Dryden. CRYS'TAL, n. [L. crystallus; Gr. κρυσταλλος; Fr. cristal; Sp. cristal; It. cristallo; D. kristal; G. krystall; W. crisial, from cris, it is said, a hard crust. It is from the same root as crisp, and W. cresu, to parch, crest, a crust, crasu, to roast. The Greek, from which we have the word, is composed of the root of κρυος, frost, a contracted word, probably from the root of the Welsh words, supra, and στελλω, to set. The primary sense of the Welsh words is to shrink, draw, contract; a sense equally applicable to the effects of heat and cold. Qu. Ar. قَرَسَ karasa, Ch. קרש kerash, to congeal. Class Rd, No. 83, 85.]- In chimistry and mineralogy, an inorganic body, which, by the operation of affinity, has assumed the form of a regular solid, terminated by a certain number of plane and smooth surfaces. Cleaveland.
- A factitious body, cast in glass-houses, called crystal glass; a species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture, than common glass. The best kind is the Venice crystal. It is called also factitious crystal or paste. – Encyc. Nicholson.
- A substance of any kind having the form of a crystal.
- The glass of a watch-case.
Rock crystal, or mountain crystal, a general name for all the transparent crystals of quartz, particularly of limpid or colorless quartz.
Iceland crystal, a variety of calcarious spar, or crystalized carbonate of lime, brought from Iceland. It occurs in laminated masses, easily divisible into rhombs, and is remarkable for its double refraction. – Cleaveland.
| Crys"tal
- The regular form which a substance tends to assume
in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive
attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically
arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See
Crystallization.
- Consisting of, or
like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid;
crystalline.
- The material of quartz, in
crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or
slightly tinged with gray, or the like] -- called also rock
crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky
quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under
Brazilian.
- A species of glass, more perfect in
its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut
into ornamental forms. See Flint glass.
- The glass over the dial of a watch
case.
- Anything resembling crystal, as clear
water, etc.
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Crystal CRYSTAL, noun [Latin Gr., frost.] 1. In chemistry and mineralogy, an inorganic body, which, by the operation of affinity, has assumed the form of a regular solid, terminated by a certain number of plane and smooth surfaces. 2. A factitious body, cast in glass houses, called crystal glass; a species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture, than common glass. The best kind is the Venice crystal It is called also factitious crystal or paste. 3. A substance of any kind having the form of a crystal 4. The glass of a watch-case. Rock crystal or mountain crystal a general name for all the transparent crystals of quartz, particularly of limpid or colorless quartz. Iceland crystal a variety of calcarious spar, or crystalized carbonate of lime, brought from Iceland. It occurs in laminated masses, easily divisible into rhombs, and is remarkable for its double refraction. CRYSTAL, adjective Consisting of crystal or like crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid. By crystal streams that murmur thorough the meads.
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