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A glass through which objects appear multiplied, but diminished in size.
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A glass which makes a single object appear as many; a multiplying glass.
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A glassy colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral crystals, sometimes used as a gem. It is a silicate of glucina, and receives its name from its deceptive similarity to quartz.
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A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a febrifuge.
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A glucoside extracted from the bark of the oak (Quercus) as a bitter citron-yellow crystalline substance, used as a pigment and called quercitron.
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A glucoside found in species of the genus Pavia of the Horse-chestnut family.
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A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root of sarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also smilacin, sarsaparilla saponin, and sarsaparillin.
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