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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In physics, in a manner analogous to that observed in the case of glass: as, a vitreously charged body or a vitreously reflected beam of light.

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  • It seemed as if one could almost hear him vitreously chime and ring.

    The Confidence-Man 1857

  • It seemed as if one could almost hear him vitreously chime and ring.

    The Confidence-Man Herman Melville 1855

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