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UK
/ˈɪsɪŋɡlˌɑːs/
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NOUN
- any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity
How To Use isinglass In A Sentence
- Instead, reddish embers glowed behind an isinglass window beneath the stove-bed, strewn with quilts, on which my Sharer awaited me.
- The animal kingdom was represented by gelatin in the form of meat stock; isinglass; and hartshorn.
- Yet Isinglass retained the most complete mastery of his ferocious-looking protégé, and beneath his skilful massage Hyldebrand would throw himself upon the ground and guggle in a porcine ecstacy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 15, 1917
- Mica — A group of minerals, including muscovite or "isinglass" and biotite or black mica. Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico :
- More photos and interactive graphics Sturgeon-bladder powder, called isinglass, is what winemaker Larry Londer added to a few gallons of his 2008 pinot noir to try to fix it. Sipping These Wines Is Like Smoking and Drinking at the Same Time
- Antonin poured the thickening isinglass alternately into the fruit juice and the almond milk.
- This filtering, aka fining, is typically performed with fish-bladder isinglass or egg whites, although some companies now choose vegan alternatives such as bentonite clay, silica gel, diatomaceous earth and Irish moss, a seaweed product also known as carrageenan. Anneli Rufus: Are Animals in Your Cocktail?
- This filtering, aka fining, is typically performed with fish-bladder isinglass or egg whites, although some companies now choose vegan alternatives such as bentonite clay, silica gel, diatomaceous earth and Irish moss, a seaweed product also known as carrageenan. Anneli Rufus: Are Animals in Your Cocktail?
- Dutch flummery is made by boiling two ounces of isinglass in three half-pints of water very gently for half an hour. The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
- This filtering, aka fining, is typically performed with fish-bladder isinglass or egg whites, although some companies now choose vegan alternatives such as bentonite clay, silica gel, diatomaceous earth and Irish moss, a seaweed product also known as carrageenan. Anneli Rufus: Are Animals in Your Cocktail?