Chapter 666

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Glare , a. [See Glary , and Glare , n. ] Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice . [U. S.] <-- used generally of reflections of the sun -->

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Glareous <Xpage=629>

Glar"e*ous (?) , a. [Cf. F. glaireux . See Glair .] Glairy.

John Georgy (1766).

Glariness, Glaringness <Xpage=629>

Glar"i*ness (?) , Glar"ing*ness , n. A dazzling luster or brilliancy.

Glaring <Xpage=629>

Glar"ing , a. Clear; notorious; open and bold; barefaced; as, a glaring crime . -- Glar"ing*ly , adv.

Glary <Xpage=629>

Glar"y (?) , a. Of a dazzling luster; glaring; bright; shining; smooth.

Bright, crystal glass is glary . Boyle.

Glass <Xpage=629>

Glass (?) , n. [OE. glas , gles , AS. gl\'91s ; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. glas , Icel. glas , gler , Dan. glar ; cf. AS. gl\'91r amber, L. glaesum . Cf. Glare , n. , Glaze , v. t. ]

1. 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.

&hand; Glass is variously colored by the metallic oxides; thus, manganese colors it violet; copper (cuprous), red, or (cupric) green; cobalt, blue; uranium, yellowish green or canary yellow; iron, green or brown; gold, purple or red; tin, opaque white; chromium, emerald green; antimony, yellow.

2. (Chem.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion.

3. Anything made of glass . Especially: (a) A looking-glass; a mirror . (b) 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 .

She would not live The running of one glass . Shak.

(c) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner . (d) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses ; he wears glasses . (e) A weatherglass; a barometer .

&hand; Glass is much used adjectively or in combination; as, glass maker, or glass maker; glass making or glass making; glass blower or glass blower, etc.

Bohemian glass , Cut glass , etc. See under Bohemian , Cut , etc. -- Crown glass , a variety of glass, used for making the finest plate or window glass, and consisting essentially of silicate of soda or potash and lime, with no admixture of lead; the convex half of an achromatic lens is composed of crown glass; -- so called from a crownlike shape given it in the process of blowing. -- Crystal glass , &or; Flint glass . See Flint glass , in the Vocabulary. -- Cylinder glass , sheet glass made by blowing the glass in the form of a cylinder which is then split longitudinally, opened out, and flattened. -- Glass of antimony , a vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with sulphide. -- Glass blower , one whose occupation is to blow and fashion glass. -- Glass blowing , the art of shaping glass, when reduced by heat to a viscid state, by inflating it through a tube. -- Glass cloth , a woven fabric formed of glass fibers. -- Glass coach , a coach superior to a hackney-coach, hired for the day, or any short period, as a private carriage; -- so called because originally private carriages alone had glass windows. [Eng.] Smart.

Glass coaches are [allowed in English parks from which ordinary hacks are excluded], meaning by this term, which is never used in America, hired carriages that do not go on stands. J. F. Cooper.

-- Glass cutter . (a) One who cuts sheets of glass into sizes for window panes, ets. (b) One who shapes the surface of glass by grinding and polishing. (c) A tool, usually with a diamond at the point, for cutting glass. -- Glass cutting . (a) The act or process of dividing glass, as sheets of glass into panes with a diamond. (b) The act or process of shaping the surface of glass by appylying it to revolving wheels, upon which sand, emery, and, afterwards, polishing powder, are applied; especially of glass which is shaped into facets, tooth ornaments, and the like. Glass having ornamental scrolls, etc., cut upon it, is said to be engraved . -- Glass metal , the fused material for making glass. -- Glass painting , the art or process of producing decorative effects in glass by painting it with enamel colors and combining the pieces together with slender sash bars of lead or other metal. In common parlance, glass painting and glass staining (see Glass staining , below) are used indifferently for all colored decorative work in windows, and the like. -- Glass paper , paper faced with pulvirezed glass, and used for abrasive purposes. -- Glass silk , fine threads of glass, wound, when in fusion, on rapidly rotating heated cylinders. -- Glass silvering , the process of transforming plate glass into mirrors by coating it with a reflecting surface, a deposit of silver, or a mercury amalgam. -- Glass soap , &or; Glassmaker's soap , the black oxide of manganese or other substances used by glass makers to take away color from the materials for glass. -- Glass staining , the art or practice of coloring glass in its whole substance, or, in the case of certain colors, in a superficial film only; also, decorative work in glass. Cf. Glass painting . -- Glass tears . See Rupert's drop . -- Glass works , an establishment where glass is made. -- Heavy glass , a heavy optical glass, consisting essentially of a borosilicate of potash. -- Millefiore glass . See Millefiore . -- Plate glass , a fine kind of glass, cast in thick plates, and flattened by heavy rollers, -- used for mirrors and the best windows. -- Pressed glass , glass articles formed in molds by pressure when hot. -- Soluble glass (Chem.) , a silicate of sodium or potassium, found in commerce as a white, glassy mass, a stony powder, or dissolved as a viscous, sirupy liquid; -- used for rendering fabrics incombustible, for hardening artificial stone, etc.; -- called also water glass . -- Spun glass , glass drawn into a thread while liquid. -- Toughened glass , Tempered glass , glass finely tempered or annealed, by a peculiar method of sudden cooling by plunging while hot into oil, melted wax, or paraffine, etc.; -- called also, from the name of the inventor of the process, Bastie glass . -- Water glass . (Chem.) See Soluble glass , above. -- Window glass , glass in panes suitable for windows.

Glass <Xpage=629>

Glass , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Glassed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glassing .] 1. To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively.

Happy to glass themselves in such a mirror. Motley.

Where the Almighty's form glasses itself in tempests. Byron.

2. To case in glass. [R.]

Shak.

3. To cover or furnish with glass; to glaze.

Boyle.

4. To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.

Glass-crab <Xpage=629>

Glass"-crab` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The larval state ( Phyllosoma ) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma .

Glassen <Xpage=629>

Glass"en (?) , a. Glassy; glazed. [Obs.]

And pursues the dice with glassen eyes. B. Jonson.

Glasseye <Xpage=629>

Glass"eye` (?) , n. 1. (Zo\'94l.) A fish of the great lakes; the wall-eyed pike.

2. (Far.) A species of blindness in horses in which the eye is bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis.

Youatt.

Glass-faced <Xpage=629>

Glass"-faced` (?) , a. Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another. [R.] "The glass-faced flatterer."

Shak.

Glassful <Xpage=629>

Glass"ful (?) , n. ; pl. Glassfuls (<?/) . The contents of a glass; as much of anything as a glass will hold.

Glassful <Xpage=629>

Glass"ful , a. Glassy; shining like glass. [Obs.] "Minerva's glassful shield."

Marston.

Glass-gazing <Xpage=629>

Glass"-gaz`ing (?) , a. Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical. [Poetic]

Shak.

Glasshouse <Xpage=629>

Glass"house` (?) , n. A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware.

Glassily <Xpage=629>

Glass"i*ly (?) , adv. So as to resemble glass.

Glassiness <Xpage=629>

Glass"i*ness , n. The quality of being glassy.

Glassite <Xpage=629>

Glass"ite (?) , n. A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass , a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught that justifying faith is "no more than a simple assent to the divine testimone passively recived by the understanding." The English and American adherents of this faith are called Sandemanians , after Robert Sandeman , the son-in-law and disciple of Glass.

Glass maker, &or; Glassmaker <Xpage=629>

Glass" mak`er (?) , &or; Glass"mak`er , n. One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- Glass" mak`ing , &or; Glass"mak`ing , n.

Glass-rope <Xpage=629>

Glass"-rope` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema , first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together.

Glass-snail <Xpage=629>

Glass"-snail` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina .

Glass-snake <Xpage=629>

Glass"-snake` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A long, footless lizard ( Ophiosaurus ventralis ), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the Old World.

Glass-sponge <Xpage=629>

Glass"-sponge` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema , and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge . See Glass-rope , and Euplectella .

Glassware <Xpage=629>

Glass"ware (?) , n. Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass.

Glasswork <Xpage=629>

Glass"work` (?) , n. Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass.

Glasswort <Xpage=629>

Glass"wort` (?) , n. (Bot.) A seashore plant of the Spinach family ( Salicornia herbacea ), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family ( Salsola Kali ), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.

Glassy <Xpage=629>

Glass"y (?) , a. 1. Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance .

Bacon.

2. Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep.

3. Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes. "In his glassy eye."

Byron.

Glassy feldspar (Min.) , a variety of orthoclase; sanidine.

Glasstonbury thorn <Xpage=629>

Glass"ton*bur*y thorn` (?) . (Bot.) A variety of the common hawthorn.

Loudon.

Glasynge <Xpage=629>

Glas"ynge (?) , n. Glazing or glass. [Obs.]

Glauberite <Xpage=629>

Glau"ber*ite (?) , n. [From Glauber , a German chemist, died 1668: cf. F. glaub\'82rite , G. glauberit .] (Min.) A mineral, consisting of the sulphates of soda and lime.

Glauber's salt &or; Glauber's salts <Xpage=629>

Glau"ber's salt` (?) &or; Glau"ber's salts` (<?/) . [G. glaubersalz , from Glauber , a German chemist who discovered it. See Glauberite .] Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called " salts ."

&hand; It occurs naturally and abundantly in some mineral springs, and in many salt deposits, as the mineral mirabilite . It is manufactured in large quantities as an intermediate step in the "soda process," and also for use in glass making.

Glaucescent <Xpage=629>

Glau*ces"cent (?) , a. [See Glaucous .] Having a somewhat glaucous appearance or nature; becoming glaucous.

Glaucic <Xpage=629>

Glau"cic (?) , a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to the Glaucium or horned poppy; -- formerly applied to an acid derived from it, now known to be fumaric acid.

Glaucine <Xpage=629>

Glau"cine (?) , a. Glaucous or glaucescent.

Glaucine <Xpage=629>

Glau"cine (?) , n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the plant Glaucium , as a bitter, white, crystalline substance.

Glaucodot <Xpage=629>

Glau"co*dot (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ silvery, gray + <?/ to give.] (Min.) A metallic mineral having a grayish tin-white color, and containing cobalt and iron, with sulphur and arsenic.

Glaucoma <Xpage=629>

Glau*co"ma (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ light gray, blue gray.] (Med.) Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with marked increase of tension within the eyeball.

Glaucomatous <Xpage=629>

Glau*co"ma*tous (?) , a. Having the nature of glaucoma.

Glaucometer <Xpage=629>

Glau*com"e*ter (?) , n. See Gleucometer .

Glauconite <Xpage=629>

Glau"co*nite (?) , n. [Cf. F. glauconite , glauconie , fr. L. glaucus . See Glaucous .] (Min.) The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of the chalk and other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and potash. See Greensand .

Glaucophane <Xpage=629>

Glau"co*phane (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ silvery, gray + <?/ to appear.] (Min.) A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to amphibole. It is characteristic of certain crystalline rocks.

Glaucosis <Xpage=629>

Glau*co"sis (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/.] (Med.) Same as Glaucoma .

Glaucous <Xpage=629>

Glau"cous (?) , a. [L. glaucus , Gr. <?/.]

1. Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish blue.

Lindley.

2. (Bot.) Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbed off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf.

Gray.

Glaucus <Xpage=629>

Glau"cus (?) , n. [L., sea green.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully colored with blue and silvery white.

Glaum <Xpage=629>

Glaum (?) , v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To grope with the hands, as in the dark. [Scot.]

To glaum at , to grasp or snatch at; to aspire to.

Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three. Burns.

Glave <Xpage=629>

Glave (?) , n. See Glaive .

Glaver <Xpage=629>

Glav"er (?) , v. i. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. glafr flattery.] 1. To prate; to jabber; to babble. [Obs.]

Here many, clepid filosophirs, glavern diversely. Wyclif.

2. To flatter; to wheedle. [Obs.]

Some slavish, glavering , flattering parasite. South.

Glaverer <Xpage=629>

Glav"er*er (?) , n. A flatterer. [Obs.]

Mir. for Mag.

Glaymore <Xpage=629>

Glay"more` (?) , n. A claymore.

Johnson.

Glase <Xpage=629>

Glase (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Glased (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glazing .] [OE. glasen , glazen , fr. glas . See Glass .]

1. To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a ease, etc.) with glass.

Two cabinets daintily paved, richly handed, and glazed with crystalline glass. Bacon.

2. To incrust, cover, or overlay with a thin surface, consisting of, or resembling, glass; as, to glaze earthenware ; hence, to render smooth, glasslike, or glossy; as, to glaze paper, gunpowder, and the like .

Sorrow's eye glazed with blinding tears. Shak.

3. (Paint.) To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent color to (another color), to modify the effect.

Glaze <Xpage=629>

Glaze , v. i. To become glazed of glassy.

Glaze <Xpage=629>

Glaze , n. 1. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See Glaze , v. t. , 3.

Ure.

2. (Cookery) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.

3. A glazing oven. See Glost oven .

Glazen <Xpage=629>

Glaz"en (?) , a. [AS. gl\'91sen .] Resembling glass; glasslike; glazed. [Obs.]

Wyclif.

Glazer <Xpage=629>

Glaz"er (?) , n. 1. One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like.

2. A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing, etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel covered with emery, or having a band of lead and tin alloy, for polishing cutlery, etc.

Glazier <Xpage=629>

Gla"zier (?) , n. [From Glaze .] One whose business is to set glass.

Glazier's diamond . See under Diamond .

Glazing <Xpage=629>

Glaz"ing (?) , n. 1. The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or rendering glossy.

2. The glass set, or to be set, in a sash, frame. etc.

3. The glass, glasslike, or glossy substance with which any surface is incrusted or overlaid; as, the glazing of pottery or porcelain, or of paper .

4. (Paint.) Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed thinly over other colors, to modify the effect.

Glazy <Xpage=629>

Glaz"y (?) , a. Having a glazed appearance; -- said of the fractured surface of some kinds of pin iron.

Glead <Xpage=629>

Glead (?) , n. A live coal. See Gleed . [Archaic]

Gleam <Xpage=629>

Gleam (?) , v. i. [Cf. OE. glem birdlime, glue, phlegm, and E. englaimed .] (Falconry) To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

Gleam <Xpage=629>

Gleam , n. [OE. glem , gleam , AS. gl\'91m , prob. akin to E. glimmer , and perh. to Gr. <?/ warm, <?/ to warm. Cf. Glitter .]