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isinglass

n.
UK //ˈɪsɪŋɡlˌɑːs// isin·glass
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Origin

Apparently from obsolete Dutch huisenblas, from German Hausenblase, from Hausen (“sturgeon of the Huso genus”) + Blase (“bladder”), with alteration after glass.

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