Definition of Glassie

1. a type of playing marble [n -S]

Literary usage of Glassie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"rivative glas instead of cit-u; hence so many names of places in England, glassie, Glasson, .... glassie ..."

2. Proceedings [of The] ... Annual Meeting by National Civil Service League (1898)
"Colonial Administration: A Warning From Spain. BY HENRY HAYWOOD glassie. Flushed with joy and gratitude at the prospect of empire beyond the sea, ..."

3. Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (1911)
"Mr. glassie. Suppose some person would show you that he had sent in over 500 ... Mr. glassie. You are not personally aware of any such case at all? ..."

4. The Black Hills Souvenir: A Pictorial and Historic Description of the Black by John I. Sanford (1902)
"AND glassie. The Wide-Awake Grocery Is the pioneer store of the town, located here May, 1891, by Arnold Brothers and ..."

5. Hearings Before the Postal Commission by United States Postal commission. [from old catalog], Boies Penrose, Library of Congress Division of Bibliography (1907)
"If I am wrong in my statement of the decision, I ask Mr. glassie to correct me. Mr. glassie. I am not called upon to discuss this question. ..."

6. The Ontario Reports: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the Queen's by Ontario High Court of Justice, Ontario, High Court of Justice (1896)
"... and the interest of the investments paid in certain proportions to the defendants Martha Stewart and Mary Jane glassie for their lives, and the life of ..."

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