Definition of glass

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Glass (v. t.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion..

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Stone :: Stone (n.) The glass of a mirror; a mirror.
Schooner :: Schooner (n.) A large goblet or drinking glass, -- used for lager beer or ale..
Euplectella :: Euplectella (n.) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket..
Fibre :: Fibre (n.) Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant..
Frosted :: Frosted (a.) Covered with hoarfrost or anything resembling hoarfrost; ornamented with frosting; also, frost-bitten; as, a frosted cake; frosted glass..
Bangle :: Bangle (n.) An ornamental circlet, of glass, gold, silver, or other material, worn by women in India and Africa, and in some other countries, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet..
Omphaloptic :: Omphaloptic (n.) An optical glass that is convex on both sides.
Dynactinometer :: Dynactinometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the intensity of the photogenic (light-producing) rays, and computing the power of object glasses..
Anneal :: Anneal (v. t.) To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them..
Nephelite :: Nephelite (n.) A mineral occuring at Vesuvius, in glassy agonal crystals; also elsewhere, in grayish or greenish masses having a greasy luster, as the variety elaeolite. It is a silicate of aluminia, soda, and potash..
Flock :: Flock (v. t.) To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock..
Melanoscope :: Melanoscope (n.) An instrument containing a combination of colored glasses such that they transmit only red light, so that objects of other colors, as green leaves, appear black when seen through it. It is used for viewing colored flames, to detect the presence of potassium, lithium, etc., by the red light which they emit..
Perspicil :: Perspicil (n.) An optical glass; a telescope.
Belonite :: Belonite (n.) Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.
Hygroscopic :: Hygroscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture..
Eyeglass :: Eyeglass (n.) Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc..
Lightroom :: Lightroom (n.) A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows..
Monteith :: Monteith (n.) A vessel in which glasses are washed; -- so called from the name of the inventor.
Glassologist :: Glassologist (n.) One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed in glossology.
Stereoscopist :: Stereoscopical (a.) Of or pertaining to the stereoscope; characteristic of, or adapted to, the stereoscope; as, a stereoscopic effect; the stereoscopic function of the eyeglasses; stereoscopic views..
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