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glost
English
Etymology
See gloss.
Noun
glost (uncountable)
- (often attributive) Lead glazing used for pottery.
- 1912, Alice Hamilton, Lead Poisoning in Potteries, Tile Works, and Porcelain Enameled Sanitary Ware Factories, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor, Whole Number 104, Industrial Accidents and Hygiene Series, No. 1, page 18,
- In the sanitary-ware potteries of Trenton, and in the general-ware potteries of East Liverpool, the glost-kiln men simply place the glazed ware in saggers, and therefore the only exposure to lead comes from getting their hands smeared with the glaze.
- 1942, American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Volume 21, page 47,
- The variations in glaze texture with different glost thermal treatment were observed. Two glazes, each made of the same end formula but differing in the distribution of their composition, received four different commercial glost firings.
- 1978, W. Ryan, Properties of Ceramic Raw Materials, 2nd Edition, page 19,
- If no decoration is applied, biscuit or glost firing is the final operation in manufacture.
- 1912, Alice Hamilton, Lead Poisoning in Potteries, Tile Works, and Porcelain Enameled Sanitary Ware Factories, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor, Whole Number 104, Industrial Accidents and Hygiene Series, No. 1, page 18,
Derived terms
- glost oven
German
Verb
glost
- inflection of glosen:
- second/third-person singular present
- second-person plural present
- plural imperative
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phantom
English
Alternative forms
- fantom (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English fantom, fantum, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter; (in Late Latin also) appearance, image”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (phántasma, “phantasm, an appearance, image, apparition, specter”), from ??????? (phantáz?, “I make visible”). Doublet of phantasm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fænt?m/
Noun
phantom (plural phantoms)
- A ghost or apparition.
- Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
- (bridge) A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
- (medical imaging) A test object. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
- ghost
- See also Thesaurus:ghost
Derived terms
- phantom limb
- phantom pain
Related terms
- fantasy
Translations
Adjective
phantom (not comparable)
- Illusive.
- Fictitious or nonexistent.
Translations
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “phantom”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- Hampton
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