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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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