ɡlɑ:s n.,
v., & adj. --n. 1 a (often attrib.) a
hard,
brittle, usu.
transparent,
translucent, or
shiny substance,
made by fusing
sand with soda and lime and
sometimes other ingredients (a glass jug) (cf.
crown glass,
flint glass,
plate glass). b a substance of
similar properties or
composition. 2 (often collect.) an
object or objects made
from, or
partly from, glass, esp.: a a drinking
vessel. b a
mirror; a
looking-glass. c an houror sand-glass. d a
window. e a
greenhouse (rows of
lettuce under glass). f glass ornaments. g a
barometer. h a glass
disc covering a watch-face. i a magnifying
lens. j a
monocle. 3 (in pl.) a
spectacles. b field-glasses; opera-glasses. 4
the amount of
liquid contained in a glass; a
drink (he likes a glass). --v.tr. 1 (usu. as glassed adj.) fit with glass;
glaze. 2
poet.
reflect as in a mirror. 3
Mil.
look at or
for with field-glasses. --adj. of or made from glass. øglass-blower a
person who blows semi-molten glass to
make glassware. glass-blowing
this occupation. glass case an
exhibition display case made
mostly from glass. glass-cloth 1 a
linen cloth for drying glasses. 2 a cloth covered with powdered glass or
abrasive, like glass-paper. glass cloth a
woven fabric of fine-spun glass. glass-cutter 1 a
worker who cuts glass. 2 a
tool used for
cutting glass. glass
eye a
false eye made from glass. glass
fibre 1 a
filament or filaments of glass made
into fabric. 2
such filaments embedded in
plastic as
reinforcement. glass-gall =
SANDIVER. glass-making the
manufacture of glass. glass-paper
paper covered with glass-dust or abrasive and used for smoothing and polishing. glass
snake any snakelike
lizard of the
genus Ophisaurus, with a
very brittle tail. glass
wool glass in the
form of fine fibres used for
packing and insulation.
has had a glass
too much is
rather drunk. øøglassful n. (pl. -fuls). glassless adj. glasslike adj. [OE glós f. Gmc:
cf. GLAZE]