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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Water glass

/wôt'-ẽr glăs/ · Wa·ter glass · IPA
01 See Soluble glass, under Glass.
  1. 1.
    See Soluble glass, under Glass.(Chem.) See: Glass
  2. 2.
    A clepsydra.
  3. 3.
    An instrument consisting of an open box or tube with a glass bottom, used for examining objects in the water, as upon the sea bottom in shallow places.
  4. 4.
    A water gauge for a steam boiler.