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# 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 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]].
#* {{seeCites}}
# A thin, [[transparent]] sheet of [[mica]].
# A thin, [[transparent]] sheet of [[mica]].
#* '''1943''', Oscar Hammerstein II, "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top", ''Oklahoma!'' (libretto):
#* '''1943''', Oscar Hammerstein II, "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top", ''Oklahoma!'' (libretto):
#*: The dashboard's genuine leather, / With '''isinglass''' curtains y' can roll right down, / In case there's a change in the weather.
#*: The dashboard's genuine leather, / With '''isinglass''' curtains y' can roll right down, / In case there's a change in the weather.

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English

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Etymology

Apparently from obsolete (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch huisenblas, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Hausenblase (sturgeon's bladder).

Pronunciation

Noun

isinglass (usually uncountable, plural isinglasses)

  1. 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.
    • For quotations using this term, see [[Citations:isinglass#Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL.|Citations:isinglass]].
  2. A thin, transparent sheet of mica.
    • 1943, Oscar Hammerstein II, "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top", Oklahoma! (libretto):
      The dashboard's genuine leather, / With isinglass curtains y' can roll right down, / In case there's a change in the weather.

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