glass (glas)

t. [ The older verb is glaze, q. v.] 1. To case in gla ; cover with or as if with gla ; protect by a covering of gla . Methought all his senses were lock'd in his eye, As jewels in crystal for some prince to buy; Who, tend'ring their own worth, from whence they were gla 'd, Did point out to buy them, along as you pa 'd. Shak., L. L. L., ii. 1. The Century , XXXII. 862. No specialized hot-house treatment, as if a boy were an orchid or other frail exotic to be gla ed away from the rough air of manhood. 2. To make gla y; give a glazed surface to; glaze or polish. I have observed little grains of silver to lie hid in the small cavities, perhaps gla ed over by a vitrifying heat, in crucibles wherein silver has been long kept in fusion. Boyle, To obtain the finish, the hides are blacked on the flesh side with a preparation of soap and lamp-black and again gla ed . Harper's Mag., LXX. 278. 3. To reflect, as a mirror or other reflecting surface; show or observe a reflection of. Then take a shield I have of diamonds bright, And hold the same before the warrior's face, That he may gla therein his garments light. Gla -crab (larva of Palinurus ). These larvæ are as thin as paper, flat and transparent, and have no resemblance to the adult. gla -cutter (glas'kut"ér), n. 1. One whose occupation is the cutting of gla , or the grinding of it into various ornamental forms.-2. That which cuts or is used for cutting gla . gla -cutting (glas'kuting), n. The art of ornamenting the surface of gla ve els or ware by grinding it. The first or rough grinding is done with an iron wheel with sand and water, finer grinding with fine stone wheels, and finishing and polishing with wooden, cork, or brush wheels, or wheels covered with leather, india-rubber, or cloth, charged with emery-powder, pumice-stone powder, putty-powder, rouge, or other polishing material. Only flint-gla is used, and ware so treated is called cut gla . Gla is also said to be cut when treated by the sand-blast, whenever the work is more than a simple depolishing of the surface. See sand blast. Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Gla es itself in tempests. lide (or Carinariida ): dropped a petal. gla -argonaut (glas'är" gō-nât), n. A heteropod of the family Firolida so called because the shell is thin and gla like, and shaped like that of an argonaut. gla -blower (glas'blō"èr), n. One whose busine is to blow and fashion gla .