"milkglass" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1980, C.R. Gallistel, The Organization of Action: A New Synthesis, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., →ISBN, page 155:",
          "text": "The animals crawled on the rough side of a plate of milkglass.",
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          "ref": "1985, Lawrence Gene Santeford, William A. Martin, E. Thomas Hemmings, Excavations at Four Sites in the Cypress Creek Basin, Conway County, Arkansas, Arkansas Archeological Survey, page 160:",
          "text": "Six buttons found in the kitchen/cellar and main room portions of the site were classified as milkglass although they may actually be porcelain. Porcelain can be distinguished from milkglass by examining cross sections of the material (Stewart-Abernathy 19806:37) […]",
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          "ref": "1986 May, Lynn A. Rusch, John T. Penman, Transportation Archaeology in Wisconsin: The 1985 Field Season (Archaeological Report 12), Madison, Wis.: Wisconsin Department of Transportation, page 49:",
          "text": "These are ten milkglass pieces, seven fragments of emerald colored glass, and one piece that is olive green. The majority of the milkglass appears to be from fruit jar liners, and one piece is marked \"BOYD's\".",
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          "ref": "1990, Mary Summer Rain, Earthway: A Native American Visionary’s Path to Total Mind, Body, and Spirit Health, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 220:",
          "text": "Since the associated color for abscesses and the sixth Gate is white, the corresponding solarized-water glass color is milkglass. Place distilled water in a milkglass container and leave it in the sunlight for twenty-four hours over the course of two to three days.",
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          "ref": "2002, Gallery Guide, page 20:",
          "text": "These works range from the 1850s to 1989 and include rare color stereoviews and Woodburytypes, glass-plate positives, Type-C color photographs, milkglass pieces and color glass transparencies.",
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          "ref": "2021 December 14, Lee Cole, “My Family's Hometown Was Destroyed by a Tornado But For Many It Had Already Been Lost”, in Time, archived from the original on 2021-12-14:",
          "text": "The stores that had once sold clothing and hardware now sold antiques—milkglass dishes and farming implements, posters like the one on my wall.",
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          "ref": "2022, Marilyn Shapiro Leys, Stories, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“It’s only milkglass,” Lisa told her. “A cheap thing. I picked it up at a rummage sale.” It was the old Lisa, back in force. But somehow Ann found that she was not upset. “Milkglass goes with anything,” Ann responded, wrapping her arms around the full brown paper bag.",
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          "ref": "2022 March 23, Dennis Rodkin, “A rooftop pool with a view of Willis Tower”, in Crain’s Chicago Business, archived from the original on 2022-03-23:",
          "text": "They chose cabinets with reflective acrylic doors and stainless steel accents to accomplish that. The backsplash is milkglass acrylic and the countertops are quartz.",
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          "text": "The animals crawled on the rough side of a plate of milkglass.",
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          "ref": "1985, Lawrence Gene Santeford, William A. Martin, E. Thomas Hemmings, Excavations at Four Sites in the Cypress Creek Basin, Conway County, Arkansas, Arkansas Archeological Survey, page 160:",
          "text": "Six buttons found in the kitchen/cellar and main room portions of the site were classified as milkglass although they may actually be porcelain. Porcelain can be distinguished from milkglass by examining cross sections of the material (Stewart-Abernathy 19806:37) […]",
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          "ref": "1986 May, Lynn A. Rusch, John T. Penman, Transportation Archaeology in Wisconsin: The 1985 Field Season (Archaeological Report 12), Madison, Wis.: Wisconsin Department of Transportation, page 49:",
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          "text": "“It’s only milkglass,” Lisa told her. “A cheap thing. I picked it up at a rummage sale.” It was the old Lisa, back in force. But somehow Ann found that she was not upset. “Milkglass goes with anything,” Ann responded, wrapping her arms around the full brown paper bag.",
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