Glass

glas, n. A hard, brittle, transparent substance, formed by fusing silica with fixed alkalies, etc.; anything made of gla ,— esp. a looking-gla ; mirror;" a gla filled with running sand for measuring time, or the time in which a gla is exhausted of sand a drinking-gla ; tumbler an optical gla ; lens; spygla — in pi. spectacles. A barometer. — v. [gla ed (glast), gla ing.] To see, as in a gla reflect, as in a mirror to cover with gla glaze. [ME., D., Dan., Sw., and G. glas, AS. glees, Ic. gler, glas, OHG. clas Skr. ghri, to shine, E. glow, glance, etc.] — Gla 'y, a. Made of gla vitreous; like gla ; smooth.— Gla 'ine , n.— Gla 'ful, -ful, n. pi. -fuls, -fulz. Contents of, etc. — Gla '- blow'er, n. One whose busine to blow and fashion gla . —crab, n. A kind of crab so transparent — that, when in water, only eyes are seen. fur'- nace, n. A furnace for melting the materials of gla . —house, n. A manufactory of gla house — made of gla . man, n. pi. -men. One who sells gla . — -snake, n. A lacertian reptile of the southern U. S., so fragile that, when struck, tail breaks — into pieces, work, n. Manufacture of gla , pi. Place where gla made gla -house. — Gla wort, n. A plant whose ashes yield soda, used in gla -making. — Glaze, v. [glazed (glazd), glazing.] To furnish with gla , as a window; to cover or overlay with a vitreous or shining substance to vitrify the surface of to render smooth or glo y. — v. To a ume a gla y luster. — n. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain glazing. (Cookery.) Broth boiled down to a gelatinous paste, to put on braised dishes. — Glaz'er, n. A workman who glazes pottery, etc. a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, etc. a wooden wheel covered with emery or with an alloy-ring of lead and tin, for polishing cutlery, etc. — Gla'zier, -zhgr, n. One whose busine to set gla . — Glaz'ing, n. Act or art of setting gla , or of crusting with a vitreous substance, or of polishing, smoothing, or rendering glo y; gla or gla -like substance with which any surface is incrusted or overlaid. (Paint.) Transparent, or semi-transparent, colors pa ed thinly over other colors, to modify the effect.