Millefiore glass

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:11:30

Mil`le*fi*o"re glass` (?). [It. mille thousand + flore flower.]

Slender rods or tubes of colored glass fused together and embedded in clear glass; -- used for paperweights and other small articles.

 

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