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- English Word Glass-snail Definition A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina.
- English Word Glass-snake Definition 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.
- English Word Glass-sponge Definition 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.
- English Word Glassed Definition of Glass
- English Word Glassen Definition Glassy; glazed.
- English Word Glasseye Definition A fish of the great lakes; the wall-eyed pike.
- English Word Glasseye Definition A species of blindness in horses in which the eye is bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis.
- English Word Glassful Definition The contents of a glass; as much of anything as a glass will hold.
- English Word Glassful Definition Glassy; shining like glass.
- English Word Glassfuls Definition of Glassful
- English Word Glasshouse Definition A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware.
- English Word Glassily Definition So as to resemble glass.
- English Word Glassiness Definition The quality of being glassy.
- English Word Glassing Definition of Glass
- English Word Glassite Definition 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.
- English Word Glassmaker Definition One who makes, or manufactures, glass.
- English Word Glassologist Definition One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed in glossology.
- English Word Glasstonbury thorn Definition A variety of the common hawthorn.
- English Word Glassware Definition Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass.
- English Word Glasswork Definition Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass.
- English Word Glasswort Definition 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.
- English Word Glassy Definition Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance.
- English Word Glassy Definition Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep.
- English Word Glassy Definition Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes.
- English Word Glasynge Definition Glazing or glass.
- English Word Glatified Definition Pleased; indulged according to desire.
- English Word Glauber's salt Definition Alt. of Glauber's salts
- English Word Glauber's salts Definition Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called "salts."
- English Word Glauberite Definition A mineral, consisting of the sulphates of soda and lime.
- English Word Glaucescent Definition Having a somewhat glaucous appearance or nature; becoming glaucous.