ver·glas  (v ĕr-glä )
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n. A thin coating of ice, as on rock.
[French, from Old French verre-glaz : verre, glass (from Latin vitrum) + glas, glace, ice (from Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glaciēs; see GLACé).] |
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