A mirror; (also) glass with a reflective coating, as used for mirrors. Also figurative.

(a) a very fine and delicate kind of glass, originally manufactured at Murano, near Venice; (b) an article made of this, esp. a drinking vessel or…

glass of a green colour, often used for bottles; in early use spec. a coarse type of glass distinguished from that of finer quality; frequently attrib…

glass as thin as a bubble, or (now usually) containing or having the form of a bubble or bubbles (see sense A. 1c).

Glass that is made so as to be particularly hard; (in later use) spec. borosilicate glass, which is especially resistant to the effects of heat and…

As a mass noun: glass used for windowpanes.

†(a) a bottle-shaped glass vessel; a glass flask (obsolete); (b) a type of soda-lime glass used for making bottles, frequently of a dark colour…

= mirror plate n. (a) at mirror, n. compounds 2.

(a) glass which is iridescent like precious opal; (b) = opaline, adj. 3.

A pure lustrous glass, now made from a composition of lead oxide, sand, and alkali; originally made with ground flint or pebble as the siliceous…

window-glass; also attributive, as broad-glass-house, broad-maker.

an old name for glass which is translucent, but cannot be seen through: see quots., and cf. jalousie, n. Obsolete.

Thick fine-quality glass, originally cast in plates, used in mirrors, shop windows, etc., in order to provide an undistorted view, great strength…

Designating, relating to, or made from a type of colour-free glass manufactured in Newcastle; esp. in Newcastle glass.

elliptical for flint-glass, n.

probably: a type of window glass made from German potash glass.

a white, opaque devitrified glass produced by prolonged exposure to heat just below the fusion temperature.

Formed, shaped, fashioned, or made by cutting; having the surface shaped or ornamented by grinding and polishing, as cut glass; also (transferred…

Used attributively and absol. to designate antique plate glass resembling that made at the Vauxhall Glassworks from 1663 to the end of the 18th cent.

= mousseline, n. 2.

Venice glass.

An opaque white glass used in threads for decorative purposes in Venetian glass. Hence attributive.

glass composed of silica; silica glass.

Glass which has been muffed or muffled (muff, v.4, muffle, v.1 5). Also: glass which has been made from a muff (muff, n.1 3b).

attributive and in other combinations, as thallium alloy, thallium spectrum; thallium-activated adj. containing a small amount of added thallium so…

a fine kind of plate glass manufactured at St. Gobain in France.

a coarse kind of smalt; cf. powder blue, n. 1.

a kind of glass of a similar character (originally made at Venice).

A semi-translucent glass whitened by the addition of calcium phosphate, tin peroxide, or other ingredient; also called milk-glass. Also…

A type of art glass, originally and chiefly manufactured in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, having a characteristic…

= opaline, n. 3.

Used attributively to designate glass made in Jena.

A proprietary name used attributively or as adj. to designate a type of lampshade that encloses the bulb but is made of glass specially fluted to…

Glass which is rolled or cast in such a way that one surface has a rough or textured finish.

glass containing a high proportion of soda; sometimes = soda-lime glass n.

Also with capital initial. Opal glass made in the form of tiles or bricks for building purposes.

A type of white opaque glass, similar in appearance to porcelain. More usually called milk-glass (milk-glass n. (a) at milk, n.1 adj.compounds 3a) or…

A substance made by firing a paste made of crushed glass bound with water and an organic gum; an object made from this.

A proprietary name for: a hard, heat-resistant type of glass, typically used for ovenware and laboratory glassware; (also) pyrex articles…

= quartz glass n. at quartz, n. compounds 1b.

the standard form of glass in everyday use, manufactured essentially from silica, soda, and lime.

A proprietary term for glass which transmits most of the ultraviolet rays of sunlight. Usually as Vita-glass, Vitaglass.

Usually in form Peachblow. Peach-blow glass. Cf. sense A. 4.

A silicate incorporating some boric oxide. borosilicate glass, silicate glass containing boric oxide, used esp. in heat-resistant glassware.

A proprietary name for opal glass.

plate glass which is ground and polished on both sides at once; also attributive.

That has been subjected to or formed by sintering; sintered carbide, a very hard material manufactured by sintering a pulverized mixture of cobalt…

attributive designating a type of glass (esp. as used in aircraft windows) incorporating a thin layer of gold film which can be electrically…

A type of laminated glass consisting of two or more panes enclosing one or more hermetically sealed spaces, which may contain dry air or be…

A strong heat-resistant glass which has been heat-treated so that it consists entirely of microscopic crystalline domains.

glass manufactured by the float process n.

tinted glass for large windows.