And pursues the dice with glassen eyes.
B. Jonson.
Glass"eye` (?), n. 1. (Zoˆl.) 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` (?), a. Mirror- faced; reflecting the sentiments of
another. [R.] "The glass-faced flatterer." Shak.
Glass"ful (?), n.; pl. Glassfuls (&?;). The contents of a glass; as
much of anything as a glass will hold.
Glass"ful, a. Glassy; shining like glass. [Obs.] "Minerva's glassful
shield." Marston.
Glass"-gaz`ing (?), a. Given to viewing one's self in a glass or
mirror; finical. [Poetic] Shak.
Glass"house` (?), n. A house where glass is made; a commercial house
that deals in glassware.
Glass"i*ly (?), adv. So as to resemble glass.
Glass"i*ness, n. The quality of being glassy.
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" mak`er (?), or Glass"mak`er, n. One who makes, or manufactures,
glass. -- Glass" mak`ing, or Glass"mak`ing, n.
Glass"-rope` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) 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` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A small, transparent, land snail, of the
genus Vitrina.
Glass"-snake` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) 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` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) 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.
Glass"ware (?), n. Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass.
Glass"work` (?), n. Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation
made of glass.
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.
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.
Glas"ton*bur*y thorn` (?). (Bot.) A variety of the common hawthorn.
Loudon.