glass

glass
I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English glas, from Old English glæs; akin to Old English geolu yellowmore at yellow Date: before 12th century 1. any of various amorphous materials formed from a melt by cooling to rigidity without crystallization: as a. a usually transparent or translucent material consisting typically of a mixture of silicates b. a material (as obsidian) produced by fast cooling of magma 2. a. something made of glass: as (1) tumbler; also glassware (2) mirror (3) barometer (4) hourglass (5) backboard 1 b. (1) an optical instrument or device that has one or more lenses and is designed to aid in the viewing of objects not readily seen (2) field glasses, binocularsusually used in plural c. plural a device used to correct defects of vision or to protect the eyes that consists typically of a pair of glass or plastic lenses and the frame by which they are held in placecalled also eyeglasses, spectacles 3. the quantity held by a glass container 4. fiberglassglassful nounglassless adjective II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to provide with glass ; glaze 1 b. to enclose, case, or wall with glass <
the sunroom was glassed in
>
2. to make glassy 3. a. reflect b. to see mirrored 4. to look at through an optical instrument (as binoculars) intransitive verb glaze I,1

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