| Glass (glass) |
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| n. | (glås) |
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| Glass |
| [OE. glas,
gles, AS. glæs; akin to D., G., Dan., *** Sw.
glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar] cf.
AS. glær amber, L. glaesum. Cf. Glare,
, Glaze, < |
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.
Any substance having a
peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually
produced by fusion.
Anything made of glass.
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To reflect, as in a mirror]
to mirror; -- used reflexively.
To case in glass.
To cover or furnish with glass; to
glaze.
To smooth or polish anything, as leater,
by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
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