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Meanings of isinglass in English
Substance obtained from the dried swim bladders of fish.
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Examples for "mica"
Examples for "mica"
1
The red is due to the grinding up of mica and hornblende.
2
Here, this is the way; and again he opened a mica door.
3
The same may be said of all the potash feldspars and mica.
4
The aluminous minerals contained in granite rocks are feldspar, mica, and hornblende.
5
He hurtled past, Scout so close her lather splattered the mica visor.
Usage of isinglass in English
1
No, sir, not isinglass; it must have been fairy glass; but never mind.
2
Put in the melted isinglass, and stir the whole very hard.
3
And never open envelopes with little transparent panes of isinglass in their fronts.
4
The isinglass binds with yeast and causes it to precipitate out.
5
The lookout windows on all four sides were covered with isinglass.
6
Outside the storm was passing overhead and rain beat against the isinglass windows.
7
The four with the isinglass were much more strongly inflected than the other four.
8
The intervening space was transparent like thinnest isinglass, and crossed with fine red veins.
9
Away from the isinglass the chamber was in permanent twilight.
10
The isinglass is then separated into threads of different sizes, or formed into flakes.
11
Rice-water and isinglass stiffen very thin muslins better than starch.
12
In a frame on his back he was carrying different-sized sheets of paper-thin isinglass.
13
You may order isinglass this way to put into any sort of made wine.
14
A little dissolved isinglass is used by confectioners, but it is much better without.
15
I conclude therefore that isinglass contains some, though perhaps very little, soluble albuminous matter.
16
Some manufacturers use isinglass, a collagen derived from fish bladders, in beer and wine making.
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