2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glassy \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
glassy
adj 1: resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness;
"the glassy surface of the lake"; "the pavement
was...glassy with water"- Willa Cather
2: used of eyes lacking liveliness; "empty eyes"; "a glassy
stare"; "his eyes were glazed over with boredom" [syn: {glazed}]
3: (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by
fusing a vitreous solution to it "glazed pottery";
"glassy porcelain"; "hard vitreous china used for plumbing
fixtures" [syn: {vitreous}, {vitrified}]
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