VITRODITRINA

Vit"ro-di-tri"na, n. [It. vetro di trina glass of lace.]

Definition: A kind of Venetian glass or glassware in which white threads are embedded in transparent glass with a lacelike or netlike effect.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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