Glass: English to English |
Glass (v. t.) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner. |
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 t |
Glass (v. t.) A looking-glass; a mirror. |
Glass (v. t.) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its sand. |
Glass (v. t.) A weatherglass; a barometer. |
Glass (v. t.) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears glasses. |
Glass (v. t.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion. |
Glass (v. t.) Anything made of glass. |
Glass (v. t.) To case in glass. |
Glass (v. t.) To cover or furnish with glass; to glaze. |
Glass (v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively. |
Glass (v. t.) To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher. |