SCHMELZE

Etymology

Noun

schmelze (uncountable)

A kind of ruby-red glass made in Bohemia.

Source: Wiktionary


Schmel"ze, n. Etym: [G. schmelz, schmelzglas.]

Definition: A kind of glass of a red or ruby color, made in Bohemia.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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