glass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: gläs
ipa: /ɡlɑːs/
enpr: glăs
ipa: /ɡlæs/
ipa: [ɡlɛəs]
ipa: [ɡleəs]
ipa: [ɡläːs]
ipa: [ɡlɐːs]
ipa: [ɡlas]
ipa: [ɡläs]
rhymes: -ɑːs
rhymes: -æs
Forms: form: glasses
form: glassing
form: glassed
form: glassed
form: glasse
Etymology: From Middle English glas, from Old English glæs, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, possibly related to Proto-Germanic *glōaną (“to shine”) (compare glow), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰleh₁- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”).
Cognate with West Frisian glês, Dutch glas, Low German Glas, German Glas, Swedish glas, Icelandic gler.
Senses: glosses: To fit with glass; to glaze.
examples: text: As Iewels in Christall for some Prince to buy. / Who tendring their own worth from whence they were glast,
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: And to ſatisfie my ſelf, that the diverſity came not from the Paper, vvhich one might ſuſpect capable of imbibing the Liquor, and altering the Colour, I made the Tryal upon a flat piece of purely VVhite Glaſs'd Earth, […]
ref: 1664, Robert Boyle, “Experiment XLIV”, in Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. […], London: […] Henry Herringman […], →OCLC, part III (Containing Promiscuous Experiments about Colours), page 333:
glosses: To enclose in glass.
glosses: Clipping of fibreglass (“to fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass)”).
examples: text: JUDD. Any trouble last night?
LES. Usual. Couple of punks got glassed.
ref: 1987, John Godber, Bouncers page 19
text: I often mused on what the politicians or authorities would say if they could see for themselves the horrendous consequences of someone who’d been glassed, or viciously assaulted.
ref: 2002, Geoff Doherty, A Promoter's Tale page 72
text: One night he was in this nightclub in Sheffield and he got glassed by this bloke who’d been just let out of prison that day.
ref: 2003, Mark Sturdy, Pulp page 139
glosses: To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
examples: text: “The Covenant don’t ‘miss’ anything when they glass a planet,” the Master Chief replied.
ref: 2003, Eric Nylund, Halo: First Strike, New York: Del Rey, →ISBN, page 155:
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glosses: To bombard an area with such intensity (by means of a nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
examples: text: Andy took his binoculars and glassed the area below.
ref: 2000, Ben D. Mahaffey, 50 Years of Hunting and Fishing, page 95:
text: One of the keys to glassing effectively is supporting your binoculars. Advanced glassers who scan lots of country for long periods of time, or who use binoculars of 10X power or more, often use a lightweight camera tripod […]
ref: 2000, Field & Stream, volume 105, number 6, page 87:
glosses: To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
glosses: To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
examples: text: Happy to glass themselves in so brilliant a mirror.
ref: 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
text: Where the Almighty's form glasses itself in tempests.
ref: 1818, Lord Byron, “Canto IV”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Fourth, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza LXXXIII:
glosses: To reflect; to mirror.
examples: text: Not only were his eyes averted from mine, but they were glassed to an uncanny degree.
ref: 2018, Harry Leon Wilson, Ruggles of Red Gap, →ISBN, page 199:
glosses: To make glassy.
examples: text: Bourez had timed it perfectly: a wind that was forecast for the morning began to stir just after his arrival and the sea glassed off for a brief period before the waves grew bigger and bigger.
ref: 2012, Keith Duggan, Cliffs Of Insanity: A Winter On Ireland's Big Waves, page 32:
glosses: To become glassy.