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

One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- Glass" mak`ing, or Glass"mak`ing, n.

The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma.

Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another. [R.] "The glass-faced flatterer." Shak.

Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical. [Poetic] Shak.

, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together.

A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina.

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.

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.

Glassy; glazed. [Obs.] And pursues the dice with glassen eyes. B. Jonson.

A fish of the great lakes; the wall-eyed pike.

The contents of a glass; as much of anything as a glass will hold.

A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware.

So as to resemble glass.

The quality of being glassy.

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 Sandema…

Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass.

Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass.

alsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.

Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance. Bacon.