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Definition of glass

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Glass (v. t.) 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..

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Vitriform :: Vitriform (a.) Having the form or appearance of glass; resembling glass; glasslike.

Samphire :: Samphire (n.) The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); -- called in England marsh samphire.

Frosting :: Frosting (n.) A lusterless finish of metal or glass; the process of producing such a finish.

Connector :: Connector (n.) A flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes in pneumatic experiments.

Lade :: Lade (v. t.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.

Etching :: Etching (n.) The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. t..

Matrass :: Matrass (n.) A round-bottomed glass flask having a long neck; a bolthead.

Gastromancy :: Gastromancy (n.) A species of divination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art..

Bugle :: Bugle (n.) An elongated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly black..

Iridescent :: Iridescent (a.) Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass..

Heeltap :: Heeltap (n.) A small portion of liquor left in a glass after drinking.

Doublet :: Doublet (a.) A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone..

Lorgnette :: Lorgnette (n.) elaborate double eyeglasses.

Pony :: Pony (n.) A small glass of beer.

Optometer :: Optometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the distance of distinct vision, mainly for the selection of eveglasses..

Sandglass :: Sandglass (n.) An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass.

Kaliform :: Kaliform (a.) Formed like kali, or glasswort..

Glass-gazing :: Glass-gazing (a.) Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical.

Glassmaker :: Glassmaker (n.) One who makes, or manufactures, glass..

Platten :: Platten (a.) To flatten and make into sheets or plates; as, to platten cylinder glass..