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Webster 1913 Edition
Anaclastic
Anˊa-clas′tic
,Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK] to bend back and break; to reflect (light); [GREEK] + [GREEK] to break.]
1.
(Opt.)
Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water;
as,
. anaclastic
curves2.
Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
Anaclastic glass
, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its former convex form.
Webster 1828 Edition
Anaclastic
ANACLAS'TIC
,Adj.
Refracting; breaking the rectilinear course of light.
Anaclastic glasses, sonorous glasses or phials, which are flexible, and emit a vehement noise by means of the human breath; called also vexing glasses, from the fright which their resilience occasions. They are low phials with flat bellies, like inverted tunnels, and with very thin convex bottoms. By drawing out a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing into them, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its former convex form.