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glass       (glās)  Pronunciation Key  n.   Any of a large class of materials with highly variable mechanical and optical properties that solidify from the molten state without crystallization, are typically made by silicates fusing with boric oxide, aluminum oxide, or phosphorus pentoxide, are generally hard, brittle, and transparent or translucent, and are considered to be supercooled liquids rather than true solids. Something usually made of glass, especially: A drinking vessel. A mirror. A barometer. A window or windowpane. glasses A pair of lenses mounted in a light frame, used to correct faulty vision or protect the eyes. A binocular or field glass. Often used in the plural. A device, such as a monocle or spyglass, containing a lens or lenses and used as an aid to vision. glasses A pair of lenses mounted in a light frame, used to correct faulty vision or protect the eyes. A binocular or field glass. Often used in the plural. A device, such as a monocle or spyglass, containing a lens or lenses and used as an aid to vision. The quantity contained by a drinking vessel; a glassful. Objects made of glass; glassware. adj.   Made or consisting of glass. Fitted with panes of glass; glazed. v.   glassed, glass·ing, glass·es v.   tr. To enclose or encase with glass. To put into a glass container. To provide with glass or glass parts. To see reflected, as in a mirror. To reflect. To make glassy; glaze. To see reflected, as in a mirror. To reflect. To scan (a tract of land or forest, for example) with an optical instrument. v.   intr. To become glassy. To use an optical instrument, as in looking for game. [Middle English glas, from Old English glæs; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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Glass       (glās)  Pronunciation Key  American composer whose minimalist style of music contains elements of both rock and Indian music. His works include the opera Einstein on the Beach (1975).

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glass
noun
1.	a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
2.	a container for holding liquids while drinking
3.	the quantity a glass will hold
4.	a small refracting telescope [syn: field glass]
5.	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 suppressant
6.	a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror [syn: looking glass]
7.	glassware collectively; "She collected old glass"
verb
1.	furnish with glass; "glass the windows"
2.	scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
3.	enclose with glass; "glass in a porch"
4.	put in a glass container
5.	become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored" [syn: glaze]

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glass

In addition to the idioms beginning with glass, also see people who live in glass houses.

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glass       (glās)  Pronunciation Key  A usually transparent or translucent material that has no crystalline structure yet behaves like a solid. Common glass is generally composed of a silicate (such as silicon oxide, or quartz) combined with an alkali and sometimes other substances. The glass used in windows and windshields, called soda glass, is made by melting a silicate with sodium carbonate (soda) and calcium oxide (lime). Other types of glass are made by adding other chemical compounds. Adding boron oxide causes some silicon atoms to be replaced by boron atoms, resulting in a tougher glass that remains solid at high temperatures, used for cooking utensils and scientific apparatuses. Glass used for decorative purposes often has iron in it to alter its optical properties. Our Living Language  : Common sand and glass are both made primarily of silicon and oxygen, yet sand is opaque and glass is transparent. Glass owes its transparency partly to the fact that it is not a typical solid. On the molecular level, solids usually have a highly regular, three-dimensional crystalline structure; the regularities distributed throughout the solid act as mirrors that scatter incoming light. Glass, however, consists of molecules which, though relatively motionless like a typical solid, are not arranged in regular patterns and thus exhibit little scattering; light passes directly through. At a specific temperature, called the melting point, the intermolecular forces holding together the components of a typical solid can no longer maintain the regular structure, which then breaks down, and the material undergoes a phase transition from solid to liquid. The phase transition in glass, however, depends on how quickly the glass is heated (or how quickly it cools), due to its irregular solid structure.

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glass (glās)
n.

1. Any of a large class of materials with highly variable mechanical and optical properties that solidify from the molten state without crystallization, are typically made by silicates fusing with boric oxide, aluminum oxide, or phosphorus pentoxide, are generally hard, brittle, and transparent or translucent, and are considered to be supercooled liquids rather than true solids.
2. Something usually made of glass, such as a window, mirror, drinking vessel.
3. glasses A pair of lenses mounted in a light frame, used to correct faulty vision or protect the eyes. Also called spectacles.
4. A device, such as a monocle or spyglass, containing a lens or lenses and used as an aid to vision.

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Main Entry: glass
Pronunciation: 'glas
Function: noun
often attributive 1 a : an amorphous inorganic usually transparent or translucentsubstance consisting of a mixture of silicates or sometimes borates or phosphates formed by fusion of silica or of oxides of boron or phosphorus with a flux and a stabilizer into a mass that cools to arigid condition without crystallization b : a substance resembling glass especially in hardness and transparency glasses made from plastics>
2a : an optical instrument or device that has one or more lenses and is designed to aid in the viewing of objects not readily seen b glasses pl : a deviceused to correct defects of vision or to protect the eyes that consists typically of a pair of glass or plastic lenses and the frame by which they are held in place called also eyeglasses

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GLASS
General LAnguage for System Semantics.
An Esprit project at the University of Nijmegen.
(ftp://phoibos.cs.kun.nl/pub/GLASS).
(1995-01-25)

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glass
(IBM) silicon.
[The Jargon File]

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n. [IBM] Synonym for silicon.

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Glass

Crown\ (kroun), n. [OE. corone, coroun, crune, croun, OF. corone, corune, F. couronne, fr. L. corona crown, wreath; akin to Gr. korw`nh anything curved, crown; cf. also L. curvus curved, E. curve, curb, Gael. cruinn round, W. crwn. Cf. Cornice, Corona, Coroner, Coronet.]

1. A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling the head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of honorable distinction; hence, anything given on account of, or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a reward. "An olive branch and laurel crown." --Shak.

They do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. --1 Cor. ix. 25.

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. --Rev. ii. 10.

2. A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc.

Note: Nobles wear coronets; the triple crown of the pope is usually called a tiara. The crown of England is a circle of gold with crosses, fleurs-de-lis, and imperial arches, inclosing a crimson velvet cap, and ornamented with thousands of diamonds and precious stones.

3. The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; -- with the definite article.

Parliament may be dissolved by the demise of the crown. --Blackstone.

Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and military servants of the crown. --Macaulay.

4. Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.

There is a power behind the crown greater than the crown itself. --Junius.

5. Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. --Prov. xvi. 31.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband. --Prov. xvi. 4.

6. Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.

Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss. --Milton.

7. The topmost part of anything; the summit.

The steepy crown of the bare mountains. --Dryden.

8. The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain.

From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches. --Shak.

Twenty things which I set down: This done, I twenty more-had in my crown. --Bunyan.

9. The part of a hat above the brim.

10. (Anat.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.

11. (Arch.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only.

12. (Bot.) Same as Corona.

13. (Naut.) (a) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank. (b) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line. (c) pl. The bights formed by the several turns of a cable. --Totten.

14. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.

15. The dome of a furnace.

16. (Geom.) The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.

17. (Eccl.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

18. A size of writing paper. See under Paper.

19. A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents.

20. An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown.

Crown of aberration (Astron.), a spurious circle around the true circle of the sun.

Crown antler (Zo["o]l.), the topmost branch or tine of an antler; also, an antler having a cuplike top, with tines springing from the rim.

Crown bar, one of the bars which support the crown sheet of steam-boiler furnace.

Crown glass. See under Glass.

Crown imperial. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.

Crown jewels, the jewels appertaining to the sovereign while wearing the crown. [Eng.] "She pawned and set to sale the crown jewels." --Milton.

Crown land, land belonging to the crown, that is, to the sovereign.

Crown law, the law which governs criminal prosecutions. [Eng.]

Crown lawyer, one employed by the crown, as in criminal cases. [Eng.]

Crown octavo. See under Paper.

Crown office. See in the Vocabulary.

Crown paper. See under Paper.

Crown piece. See in the Vocabulary.

Crown Prince, the heir apparent to a crown or throne.

Crown saw. See in the Vocabulary.

Crown scab (Far.), a cancerous sore formed round the corners of a horse's hoof.

Crown sheet, the flat plate which forms the top of the furnace or fire box of an internally fired steam boiler.

Crown shell. (Zo["o]l.) See Acorn-shell.

Crown side. See Crown office.

Crown tax (Eccl. Hist.), a golden crown, or its value, which was required annually from the Jews by the king of Syria, in the time of the Maccabees. --1 Macc. x. 20.

Crown wheel. See in the Vocabulary.

Crown work. See in the Vocabulary.

Pleas of the crown (Engl. law), criminal actions.

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Cyl"in*der\ (s?l"?n-d?r), n. [F. cylindre, OF. cilindre, L. cylindrus, fr. Gr. ky`lindros, fr. kyli`ndein, kyli`ein, to roll. Cf. Calender the machine.]

1. (Geom.) (a) A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one its sides; or a body of rollerlike form, of which the longitudinal section is oblong, and the cross section is circular. (b) The space inclosed by any cylindrical surface. The space may be limited or unlimited in length.

2. Any hollow body of cylindrical form, as: (a) The chamber of a steam engine in which the piston is moved by the force of steam. (b) The barrel of an air or other pump. (c) (Print.) The revolving platen or bed which produces the impression or carries the type in a cylinder press. (d) The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a revolver.

3. The revolving square prism carrying the cards in a Jacquard loom.

Cylinder axis. (Anat.) See Axis cylinder, under Axis.

Cylinder engine (Paper Making), a machine in which a cylinder takes up the pulp and delivers it in a continuous sheet to the dryers.

Cylinder escapement. See Escapement.

Cylinder glass. See Glass.

Cylinder mill. See Roller mill.

Cylinder press. See Press.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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 with the name of Sargon on it was found among the ruins of the north-west palace of Nimroud. The Hebrew word _zekukith_ (Job 28:17), rendered in the Authorized Version "crystal," is rightly rendered in the Revised Version "glass." This is the only allusion to glass found in the Old Testament. It is referred to in the New Testament in Rev. 4:6; 15:2; 21:18, 21. In Job 37:18, the word rendered "looking-glass" is in the Revised Version properly rendered "mirror," formed, i.e., of some metal. (Comp. Ex. 38:8: "looking-glasses" are brazen mirrors, R.V.). A mirror is referred to also in James 1:23.

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