isinglass

Pieces of isinglass used to make tempera paints

Meaning

Noun

A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer.
A thin, transparent sheet of mica (probably from its similarity to true isinglass).

Origin

Apparently from obsolete , from , from Hausen + Blase.

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