A hard, brittle and typically transparent substance made by fusing silicates under high temperatures with soda, lime, etc., and used as panes in windows, lites in French doors and transoms, skylights, [..]

An inorganic solid in which there is no crystalline structure .

late 14c., "to fit with glass;" 1570s, "to cover with glass," from glass (n.). Related: Glassed; glassing.

Old English glæs, from glass (v.). Middle English also had an adjective glazen, from Old English glæsen. The glass snake (1736, actually a limbless lizard) is so called for the fragility of its tail. [..]

Old English glæs "glass; a glass vessel," from Proto-Germanic *glasam "glass" (source also of Old Saxon glas, Middle Dutch and Dutch glas, German Glas, Old Norse gler "glass, [..]

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Hard, brittle material that is an inorganic product of fusion which has been cooled to an amorphous state without going through crystallization. Glass contains silica as its main component. See also N [..]

Glass [N] [S]was known to the Egyptians at a very early period of their national history, at least B.C. 1500. Various articles both useful and ornamental were made of it, as bottles, vases, etc. A gla [..]

brittle, transparent substance made from melted and fused minerals such as silica.

In nautical terminology, a contraction for "weather glass" (a mercury barometer).

A non-crystaline rock that results from very rapid cooling of magma.

In gardening parlance, a collective term referring to all structures made entirely or partly of glass or other light-transmitting material and designed for the protection of plants.

furnish with glass; "glass the windows" a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure a container for holding liquids while drinking scan (game in the forest) w [..]

a hard materiel you can see through. Windows are made of glass

In the strict sense, a state of matter. [FAA] 2. In fiber-optic communication, any of a number of noncrystalline, amorphous inorganic substances, formed, by heating, from metallic or semiconductor oxides or halides, and used as the material for fibers. Note: The most common glasses are based on silicon dioxide (SiO2). [After FAA]

[IBM] n. Synonym for silicon.

, as in "under glass

was known to the Egyptians at a very early period of their national history, at least B.C. 1500. Various articles both useful and ornamental were made of it, as bottles, vases, etc. A glass bottle wit [..]

The Hebrew word occurs only in (Job 28:17) where in the Authorized Version it is rendered "crystal." In spite of the absence of specific allusion to glass in the sacred writings, the Hebrews [..]

A glass is an amorphous solid. The term is usually applied to inorganic solids and not to plastics or other organics. Glasses do not have crystalline internal structure. They usually are hard and brit [..]

Brief or magnifying glass.

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To dream that you are looking through glass, denotes that bitter disappointments will cloud your brightest hopes. To see your image in a mirror, foretells unfaithfulness and neglect in marriage, and fruitless speculations. To see another face with your own in a mirror indicates that you are leading a double life. You will deceive your friends. To b [..]

Verb. To break and smash a drinking glass into someones face.

Glass lenses are scratch resistant and easily tinted, but are double the weight of plastic lenses. Glass lenses have excellent optical qualities and can have a refractive index as high as 1.90. Glass lenses need to be thicker than newer lens materials like high index plastic.

A hard, brittle substance, usually transparent, made by fusing silicates under high temperatures with soda, lime, etc.

A homogeneous material with a random, liquidlike (non-crystalline) molecular structure. The manufacturing process requires that the raw materials be heated to a temperature sufficient to produce a completely used melt, which, when cooled rapidly, becomes rigid without crystallizing.

A hard brittle substance, usually transparent, made by fusing silicates, under high temperatures, with soda, lime, etc.

A homogeneous material with a random, liquidlike (non-crystalline) molecular structure. The manufacturing process requires that the raw materials be heated to a temperature sufficient to produce a completely used melt, which, when cooled rapidly, becomes rigid without crystallizing.

(n) a small refracting telescope(n) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite supp [..]

A rock formed when magma is too rapidly cooled (quenched) to allow crystal growth. (see obsidian)

Natural glass (obsidian) that forms when molten lava cools too rapidly to permit crystal growth. glacier

Another name for the Crystal - the clear cover of the dial originally made from glass (mineral crystal) or sapphire, but now more commonly made from Acrylic Crystal

See crystal

What the streets of Dublin are paved in, especially on Saturday and Sunday mornings. 

Natural glass (obsidian) that forms when molten lava cools too rapidly to permit crystal growth.

A solid that does not have an ordered arrangement of molecules and is hard or brittle; an amorphous solid below its glass-transition temperature.

an amorphous solid.

A framed sheet of glass within a window frame.

Lenses. As in “Ooh, that’s some fancy new glass you got there!”, referring to a lens.

A nickname for lenses, often used by professional photographers once they realize the quality of a lens is more important than the quality of a camera.

Hard, amorphous, brittle, inorganic, usually transparent, polymerous Silicate of basic Oxides, usually Potassium or Sodium. It is used in the form of hard sheets, vessels, tubing, fibers, Ceramics, be [..]

Glass is the name used for all materials that have an amorphous structure. Although most glasses are made of silicon dioxide, they can also take the form of amorphously solidified Metals or minerals. [..]

Term used by mariners for a barometer.

Name commonly given to a barometer. 2. German name for a telescope, which was, formerly, called a 'perspective glass'. 3. Sand glass for measuring intervals of time. Two of these were used w [..]

Term used by mariners for a barometer.

A marine barometer. Older barometers used mercury-filled glass tubes to measure and indicate barometric pressure.

In the days of tall ships the barometer was a glass vessel with a thin stem. The fluid in the glass (in most cases water) would move up and down the stem as the pressure of the surrounding atmosphere [..]

 (1) A marine barometer. (2) Slang reference to fiberglass.

a barometer.

A marine barometer. (Older barometers used mercury-filled glass tubes to measure and indicate barometric pressure.)

In the days of tall ships the barometer was a glass vessel with a thin stem. The fluid in the glass (in most cases water) would move up and down the stem as the pressure of the surrounding atmosphere [..]

This is a class of insurance normally provided as part of a package for offices, shops, and hotels although separate insurance can be arranged when required. The basic cover is for breakage of fixed g [..]

Hard, amorphous, brittle, inorganic, usually transparent, polymerous silicate of basic oxides, usually potassium or sodium. It is used in the form of hard sheets, vessels, tubing, fibers, ceramics, be [..]

The term by which a sailor knows the barometer. Also a telescope, and the sand glass used to denote half-hours on board ship, or the half-minute or quarter-minute glass used when heaving the log.

A state of matter intermediate between the close-packed, highly ordered array of a crystal, and the poorly-packed, highly disordered array of a gas. Most glasses are supercooled liquids, i.e., metasta [..]

An amorphous substance, usually resulting from rapid cooling of molten silicates. It may be natural (e.g. obsidian, moldavite) or man-made. Its properties do not vary with direction.

Woven fabric of the fiberglass family. Normally used in high heat conditions.

Glass meant to protect artwork from the damages of ultraviolet light, dust and moisture. Framer's glass also comes in a more expensive anti-glare version, which works well in galleries and areas [..]

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