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Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass.

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  • GLASSEN
    Glassy; glazed. And pursues the dice with glassen eyes. B. Jonson.
  • COLLECTIVELY
    In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.
  • GLASSINESS
    The quality of being glassy.
  • GLASSWORT
    A seashore plant of the Spinach family , with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family , both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.
  • GLASS-ROPE
    A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together.
  • GLASSILY
    So as to resemble glass.
  • GLASS MAKER; GLASSMAKER
    One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- Glass" mak`ing, or Glass"mak`ing, n.
  • GLASS-SPONGE
    A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella.
  • GLASS-SNAIL
    A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina.
  • GLASSITE
    A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught that justifying faith is "no more than a simple assent to the divine testimone passively recived by the
  • GLASS-GAZING
    Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical. Shak.
  • GLASSWORK
    Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass.
  • GLASS
    1. To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively. Happy to glass themselves in such a mirror. Motley. Where the Almighty's form glasses itself in tempests. Byron. 2. To case in glass. Shak. 3. To cover or furnish with glass;
  • GLASSHOUSE
    A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware.
  • GLASS-FACED
    Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another. "The glass-faced flatterer." Shak.
  • GLASSY
    1. Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance. Bacon. 2. Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep. 3. Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster;
  • GLASSEYE
    A fish of the great lakes; the wall-eyed pike.
  • GLASSFUL
    Glassy; shining like glass. "Minerva's glassful shield." Marston.
  • GLASS-CRAB
    The larval state of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma.
  • GLASSWARE
    Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass.
  • SPYGLASS
    A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.
  • SANDGLASS
    An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass.
  • STORMGLASS
    A glass vessel, usually cylindrical, filled with a solution which is sensitive to atmospheric changes, indicating by a clouded appearance, rain, snow, etc., and by clearness, fair weather.
  • WATER GLASS
    See GLASS
  • WINEGLASSFUL
    As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls.
  • MUSCOVY GLASS
    Mica; muscovite. See Mica.
  • LADY'S LOOKING-GLASS
    See VENUS
  • ISINGLASS
    A popular name for mica, especially when in thin sheets. (more info) hausenblase), lit., bladder of the huso, or large sturgeon; huizen 1. A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure from of gelatin, chiefly prepared from the sounds or air bladders
  • GALLOWGLASS
    A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles in the time of Edward Shak.

 

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