glace (glasa)

[F., iced, glazed, pp. of gla cer, freeze, A large quantity of thread is now polished, and is known in the trade as glacé . Encyc . Brit ., VI. 502. Glacé silk, a thin and plain silk material with a great deal of luster or glo . - Mohair glacé. See mohair . glaciable (glā'shia-bl), a . [L. glacia - re , turn into ice (see glaciate ), + E. -ble.] Capable of being converted into ice. [Rare.] From mere aqueous and glaciable substances condensing them [precious stones] by frosts into solidities. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ii. 1.