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Definition: Stained Glass |
Stained GlassNoun1. Glass that has been colored in some way; used for church windows. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Stained GlassSynonym: Glass, Stained. (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
These colored glasses are often available in many different textures -- smooth, wavy, rippled, hammered, pebbled, or very rough. These different textures cause the glass to have light and color transmission characteristics that, even for the same color, can provide surprising results.
Example of a stained glass window depicting Mr. Punch. Created by Steve Ignorant
Non-figurative stained glass in the Montreal metro by Marcelle Ferron
Most often these colored glasses are cut into pieces, shaped by grinding and then assembled using lead, zinc, lead cames or copper foil and then soldered together to create windows, panels and/or lamps shades in brilliant patterns and are colorful pictures and designs.
Stained glass is an Art and a Craft that requires the artistic skills necessary to conceive of the design and the engineering skills necessary to assemble the piece so that it is capable of standing up to its own weight and the environmental elements of wind and rain where it may be placed.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Stained glass."
Crosswords: Stained Glass |
| English words defined with "stained glass": grisaille ♦ Jesse ♦ Pot metal ♦ stained-glass window. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "stained glass": glazier artist, GLAZIER, STAINED GLASS ♦ STAINED GLASS ARTIST. (references) |
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 | Stained glass at the Seamen's Memorial Tower commemorating fishermen who have lost their lives at sea. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Interior, rotunda, general view from east. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, November 1976. (Reproduction Number: HABS IOWA,97-SIOCI,3-17) Completed in 1918 to designs by Purcell & Elmslie, the Woodbury County Courthouse is a rare example of a Prairie style design for a large public building. The Prairie style is known for its bold and simple geometric forms and distinctive ornamentation inspired by nature, and was made famous by Louis Sullivan and his student Frank Lloyd Wright, key figures in the Prairie school who developed systems of abstracting architectural decoration from sources in nature. The term Prairie style refers to the style's origins in the American Midwest, and its evocation of that region's fertile prairies and flat terrain. The interior rotunda shown here is the focal point of the courthouse. It incorporates simple rectangles and squares with a stained glass dome and uses terra cotta ornament reminiscent of the prairie. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Stained glass window in Leipziger Platz 11a, Berlin, before renovation. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Dining room with stained glass skylight in ocean liner or steamship. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Stained glass windows in church at Woodstock, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Colliers stained glass window. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Church at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Detail of stained glass window. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Georgetown Preparatory School. Stained glass window, Georgetown Preparatory School. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Painting copies for Robinson. Stained glass window sections I. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mrs. E.C. Houghton. Stained glass window. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Language | Translations for "stained glass"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | زجاج ملون. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стъклопис, оцветено стъкло. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vindue til kirker (stained glass window for churches). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gebrandschilderd glas. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lasimaalaus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vitrail (stained glass window). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Glasmalerei, farbiges glas (coloured glass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υαλογράφημα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | késői időszakban festett üveg (late stained glass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tata kaca. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vetrata di chiesa (stained glass window for churches), vetrata artistica (stained glass window). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ステレオ"送 (stainless, stainless steel, stereo broadcasting, stereotype, steroid), ガラス絵 (picture painted on glass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ステンドグラス , ガラスえ (picture painted on glass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | glonney ghaait. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ainedstay assglay vitral de igreja (stained glass window for churches), vitral (leaded light, stained glass window). (various references) vitraliu. (various references) цветное стекло. (various references) vitraž, bojeno staklo. (various references) vidriera de iglesia (stained glass window for churches), vidriera (shopwindow, showcase, window). (various references) glasmålningar. (various references) vitray, renkli cam (tinted glass). (various references) kính m u. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-g-i-l-n-s-s-s-t" | |
-3 letters: alginates, assignats, desalting, diastases, glassiest, glassines, glissades, indagates, nasalised, nasalises, saltiness, sandglass, seladangs, slangiest, staginess, staidness, stainless, steadings, stealings, stingless, tasseling. | |
-4 letters: agential, alginate, assailed, assegais, assignat, assigned, assisted, dealings, delating, dentalia, destains, diastase, disseats, dissents, eastings, elastins, entasias, gainless, gassiest, gastness, gelatins, genitals, giantess, gladiate, gladiest, gladness, glassies, glassine, glissade, glistens. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-g-i-l-n-s-s-s-t" | |
+4 letters: dogmaticalnesses. | |
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