Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A nearly transparent, resilient glazed paper resistant to the passage of air and grease.
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- noun a light
paper used asinterleaving betweenartworks or stamp album pages. - noun smooth, non-absorbing, grease- and moisture-resistant, super-calendered
paper - noun philately, usually used as a plural A small stamp
packet made from glassine paper.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Movers typically wrap a painting in a buffered, acid-free glassine paper, then wrap it again with a bubble wrap and finally place the piece in a cardboard box that is at least three inches larger on all sides than the wrapped picture.
Daniel Grant: Moving? Take Care When Transporting Works of Art Daniel Grant 2011
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Movers typically wrap a painting in a buffered, acid-free glassine paper, then wrap it again with a bubble wrap and finally place the piece in a cardboard box that is at least three inches larger on all sides than the wrapped picture.
Daniel Grant: Moving? Take Care When Transporting Works of Art Daniel Grant 2011
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If you gave her a letter, she would transcribe it "on a miniature desk in the tiniest of script, sealed with a miniscule wax seal with the sender's intial pressed into it, packaged up with a magnifying glass in a glassine envelope, and finished off with a large wax seal."
Leafcutter Designs: Large Concepts in Small Packages Heather McDougal 2009
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· A glassine envelope containing a collection of Vs. and Vitalogy- era memorabilia including beautiful lithographs of each band member, postcards, posters and much more.
Mike Ragogna: HuffPost Video Exclusive: Edie Brickell's "Pill" Mike Ragogna 2011
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If you gave her a letter, she would transcribe it "on a miniature desk in the tiniest of script, sealed with a miniscule wax seal with the sender's intial pressed into it, packaged up with a magnifying glass in a glassine envelope, and finished off with a large wax seal."
Archive 2009-04-01 Heather McDougal 2009
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Potential exists for abdominal obstruction and, depending on the type, spontaneous rupture of the packets. 4 Female body packers may transport the packets vaginally. 4 The syndrome of "bodystuffing" has arisen when individuals secretly ingest the illegal drugs they are carrying in an effort to escape police detection. 8 These are loosely wrapped packages such as cellophane, glassine, paper or foil, and usually release their contents into the GI tract. 8
Cocaine Toxicity 2010
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She pours melted sugar, glassine, for the rivers and oceans, and presses in spices for continents, cloves for mountains.
Friday cissa 2009
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One man accused of drug possession was found with a batch of glassine bags – the packaging of choice for drug merchants.
All eyes on Dominique Strauss-Khan for his turn in the dock 2011
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It is put into a slide mount-like viewing envelope and then inside of a larger glassine envelope with a magnifying glass thoughtfully included so that the recipient can actually read it.
Boing Boing 2009
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· A glassine envelope containing a collection of Vs. and Vitalogy- era memorabilia including beautiful lithographs of each band member, postcards, posters and much more.
Mike Ragogna: HuffPost Video Exclusive: Edie Brickell's "Pill" Mike Ragogna 2011
reesetee commented on the word glassine
In the rare/antique book business, a transparent paper dustjacket.
February 21, 2007
rocksinmypockets commented on the word glassine
Also used to slip-sheet prints/drawings/photographs.
October 15, 2007
npydyuan commented on the word glassine
Also the slightly brittle, cellophane-like clear part of a windowed business envelope.
October 15, 2007
seanahan commented on the word glassine
For a second I thought this was glassanine.
October 15, 2007