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Definition of Glassy
1. Adjective. Resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness. "The pavement was...glassy with water"
2. Adjective. (used of eyes) lacking liveliness. "His eyes were glazed over with boredom"
3. Adjective. (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it. "Hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures"
Definition of Glassy
1. a. Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance.
Definition of Glassy
1. Adjective. Of or like glass, in particular smooth and (somewhat) reflective. ¹
2. Adjective. Dull, expressionless ¹
3. Adjective. (surfing) Absence of any chop on the water, making it smooth like glass. Swell creating breaking waves may still be present, ''glassy'' doesn't imply complete flatness. ¹
4. Noun. (Ulster) glass marble ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glassy
1. resembling glass [adj GLASSIER, GLASSIEST]
Medical Definition of Glassy
1.
1. Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance.
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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glassy
| glasynge glatt glauber's salts glauberite glaucarubin glaucescent glaucic glaucic acid glaucine glaucocerinite | glaucochroite |
Literary usage of Glassy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"So thin are the dividing films of glassy material in some cases that the whole is
... This solidified glassy froth is often lighter than water and floats ..."
2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"So thin are the dividing films of glassy material in some cases that the whole is
... This solidified glassy froth is often lighter than water and floats ..."
3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1897)
"glassy fades.—The glassy facies of the andesite, found as a very small ...
The rock is dark, almost black, and glassy, with yellowish patches scattered over ..."
4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1876)
"Consists of glassy feldspar (orthoclase or oligoclase), with nephelite and hornblende;
... Often contains disseminated crystals of glassy feldspar ..."
5. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1875)
"The paste is white, gray, yellow, green, red, or brown in color, usually of light
shades. Texture glassy to pearly ; passes into ..."
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