stained glass

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stained′ glass′, 

1. Ceramics, Fine Art glass that has been colored, enameled, painted, or stained, esp. by having pigments baked onto its surface or by having various metallic oxides fused into it, as used in church windows, decorative lampshades, etc.

• 1785–95

stained′-glass′, adj. 

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stained glass noun

1. glass that has been coloured in any of various ways, as by fusing with a film of metallic oxide or burning pigment into the surface, used esp for church windows
2. (as modifier): a stained-glass window