American artist who developed an opalescent colored glass that he used in stained-glass windows, lamps, and other decorations. |
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n. pl. tif·fa·nies A thin, transparent gauze of silk or cotton muslin. [Probably from obsolete French tiphanie, Epiphany, from Old French, from Late Latin theophania; see THEOPHANY.] |
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