Hyaline \Hy"a*line\, a. [L. hyalinus, Gr. ?, fr. "y`alos glass:
   cf. F. hyalin.]
   Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent,
   like crystal. "Hyaline spaces." --Carpenter.
   
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Hyaline \Hy"a*line\, n.
   1. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere. "The clear
      hyaline, the glassy sea." --Milton.
      
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            Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline.
                                                  --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.
      
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   2. (Biol.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in
      process of development, from which, according to some
      embryologists, the cell nucleus originates.
      
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   3. (Physiol. Chem.) The main constituent of the walls of
      hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by
      decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of
      alcoholic fermentation. --Gamgee.
      
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