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glassie

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glass⋅ie

[glas-ee, glah-see]
–noun Marbles.
glassy (def. 4).

Origin:
glass + -ie

glass⋅y

[glas-ee, glah-see] adjective, glass⋅i⋅er, glass⋅i⋅est, noun, plural glass⋅ies.
–adjective
1. resembling glass, as in transparency or smoothness.
2. expressionless; dull: glassy eyes; a glassy stare.
3. of the nature of glass; vitreous.
–noun
4. Also, glassie. Marbles. a marble used as a shooter.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME glasy. See glass, -y 1


glass⋅i⋅ly, adverb
glass⋅i⋅ness, noun
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