Pyrex vs Pyree - What's the difference?
pyrex | pyree |
A borosilicate glass with a low coefficient of thermal expansion; used for heat-resistant glassware in cooking and chemistry
*1957' Letter from the Corning Glasswear Factory. "We had a number of prior trademarks ending in the letters ''ex''. One of the first commercial products to be sold under the new mark was a pie plate, and in the interests of euphonism the letter "r" was inserted between ''pie'' and ''ex'', and the whole thing condensed to ' pyrex ."
(obsolete, rare) A temple devoted to fire among the ancient Persians.
*1638 , , Some Yeares Travels , II:
*:But more usefull to our intellect, is the long time famous'd Mountaine Albors , neere this place; infamous in the Pyreë or Temple of Idolatrous Fyre, which has never gone out for fifty Ages.
*1841 , The Existence of Christ Disproved , London 1841, p. 63:
*:The fire Ether, which they supposed to circulate throughout the universe, was represented in their pyrees , or fire temples, by the sacred fire kept continually alive by the Magi, or priests [...].
*1892 , Notes and Queries , vol. LXXXVI:
*:In Persia the temples of fire are called Pyrees ; the most celebrated is that of Baalbec, the city of the sun.