Glass

Definition:

  • (v. t.) A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament.
  • (v. t.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion.
  • (v. t.) Anything made of glass.
  • (v. t.) A looking-glass; a mirror.
  • (v. t.) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its sand.
  • (v. t.) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner.
  • (v. t.) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears glasses.
  • (v. t.) A weatherglass; a barometer.
  • (v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively.
  • (v. t.) To case in glass.
  • (v. t.) To cover or furnish with glass; to glaze.
  • (v. t.) To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.

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dipleidoscope vs. glass

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fulgurite vs. glass

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aquarium vs. glass

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burnisher vs. glass

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glass vs. landscape

bombard vs. glass

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glass vs. isinglass

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barometer vs. glass

eyeglasses vs. glass

glass vs. protective

glass vs. screen

backboard vs. glass

clear vs. glass

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glass vs. telescope

crystalline vs. glass

glass vs. liquid

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glass vs. plastic

drink vs. glass

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glass vs. soda

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finger vs. glass

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cup vs. glass

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flute vs. glass

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