cut glass

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cut′ glass′, 

1. Ceramics glass ornamented or shaped by cutting or grinding with abrasive wheels.

• 1835–45

cut′-glass′, adj. 

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cut glass noun

1. glass, esp bowls, vases, etc, decorated by facet-cutting or grinding
2. (as modifier): a cut-glass vase
3. (modifier) (of an accent) upper-class; refined