strass

strass
strass1
/stras/, n.
a flint glass with a high lead content, used to imitate gemstones.
[1810-20; < G, named after J. Strasser, 18th-century German jeweler who invented it]
strass2
/stras/, n.
silk waste produced in making skeins.
[1855-60; < F strasse < It straccio, n. deriv. of stracciare to tear < VL *extractiare, deriv. of L extractus (see EXTRACT)]

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