window glassn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈwɪndə(ʊ) ɡlɑːs/,

/ˈwɪndə(ʊ) ɡlas/, U.S.

/ˈwɪndoʊ ˌɡlæs/

Forms: see window n. and glass n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: window n., glass n.¹

Etymology: < window n. + glass n.¹

A. n.

1. The pane of glass in a window.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > pane

light1387

fenestral1399

panel1399

pane1466

window glassa1586

window1605

window-light1655

windowpane1750

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xii. sig. X6^v With Diamond in window-glasse she graued.

1603 T. Winter tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Second Day of First Weeke 14 As the Sunne doth pierce the window glasse, So do these starrie influences passe.

a1764 J. Harris Treat. Optics (1775) i. 6 In the dusk, the furniture in a room may be seen by the reflection of a window glass, whilst objects that are without are seen through it.

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xii. 157 [He] let down the window-glass.

1847 M. Howitt Ballads 6 The ivy creeps o'er the window-glass.

1902 O. Wister Virginian i. 2 Through the window-glass of our Pullman the thud of their mischievous hoofs reached us, and the strong, humorous curses of the cow-boys.

2001 R. Russo Empire Falls ii. xiv. 235 The sudden crash into and up over the curb..allowed him to be flung against the door, his bullet-shaped head spiderwebbing the window glass.

2. As a mass noun: glass used for windowpanes.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass > other types of glass

mirror glass1440

Venice glass1527

green glass1559

bubble glass1591

hard glass1597

window glass1606

bottle glass1626

looking-glass plate1665

opal glass1668

flint-glass1683

broad-glass1686

jealous glass1703

plate glass1728

Newcastle glass1734

flint1755

German sheet glass1777

Réaumur's porcelain1777

cut glass1800

Vauxhall1830

muslin glass1837

Venetian glass1845

latticinio1855

quartz glass1861

muff glass1865

thallium glass1868

St. Gobain glass1870

frost blue1873

crackle-glass1875

opaline1875

crackle-ware1881

amberina1883

opal1885

Jena1892

Holophane1893

roughcast1893

soda glass1897

opalite1899

milchglas1907

pâte de verre1907

Pyrex1915

silica glass1916

soda-lime glass1917

Vita-glass1925

peach-blow1930

borosilicate glass1933

Vitrolite1937

twin plate1939

sintered glass1940

gold-film1954

Plyglass1956

pyroceram1957

float glass1959

solar glass1977

1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. L3^v Drinking Glasses, and plaine window Glasse, Placed by Arte, that light and heate may passe.

1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. liv. 115 Take ordinary window glasse, and beate it into fine powder.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 89 The glass-works, where is made window-glass.

1709 London Gaz. No. 4538/4 60 Cases of White Normandy Window-Glass.

1795 Herald (N.Y.) 28 Feb. 3/5 (advt.) The succesful [sic] establishment of their extensive works..will enable them to meet the demands for window glass.

1868 Achley's Builders' Price Bk. 1869 43 (advt.) Robert P. Tate,..Dealer in all kinds of Window Glass, Crown, Sheet, Polished and Rough Cast Plate.

1938 Life 6 June 75/1 (advt.) Windows of the finest homes are made of Plate glass... because ordinary window glass can never match the brilliant beauty of Plate glass.

2008 U. McGovern Lost Crafts (2009) 375 Glass-blowing could even be used to make window glass.

B. adj.

Usually hyphenated. Designating a pair of spectacles with pieces of normal glass in place of lenses, for wearing, e.g., as part of a costume or as a fashion accessory.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [adjective] > types of spectacles

steel-rimmeda1400

steelbowed1606

young1667

near-sighted1796

trifocal1826

steel-bow1834

pantoscopic1836

window glass1885

bifocal1888

horn-rimmed1894

pebbled1928

thick-lensed1946

single-vision1962

wire-rim1968

wire-frame1977

Lennon1984

1885 Muscatine (Iowa) Daily Jrnl. 12 Feb. Do Boston girls wear window-glass spectacles?

1889 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrong Box ix. 141 ‘You should be disguised,’ cried Michael, eagerly. ‘I will lend you a pair of window-glass spectacles, and some red side-whiskers.’

1977 M. Slosberg August Strangers iii. 175 I took the small package..from my attaché case. From it I removed a bottle of spirit gum, a full mustache, and a set of wire-rimmed, window-glass spectacles.

2005 L. D. Estleman Little Black Dress (2007) viii. 69 [A woman] with overdrawn black eyebrows and huge, patently window-glass spectacles.

Compounds

General attributive and objective (frequently hyphenated).

ΚΠ

1764 Votes House of Commons Ireland 1761–3 173 The Petitioners have expended the Sum of Seven Hundred and Sixty Four Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Seven Pence of their own proper Money, in the Window-Glass Manufacture.

1787 Direct. for preparing Aerated Medicinal Waters Advt. Glass machines..made by the Edinburgh Glass-house Company, at their bottle, flint, and window-glass manufactory, Leith.

1889 Harper's Mag. July 262/2 The best wages in the glass industry are received by the window-glass blowers.

1949 P. Davis Devel. Amer. Glass Industry viii. 192 44 per cent of total window-glass production in 1929 was made by the Fourcault machine.

2010 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 1 Nov. New window glass technology..will fuel the creation of about 300 jobs..over the next five years, a glass company announced.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	window glass
释义	window glassn.adj. Brit. /ˈwɪndə(ʊ) ɡlɑːs/, /ˈwɪndə(ʊ) ɡlas/, U.S. /ˈwɪndoʊ ˌɡlæs/ Forms: see window n. and glass n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: window n., glass n.¹ Etymology: < window n. + glass n.¹ A. n. 1. The pane of glass in a window. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > pane light1387 fenestral1399 panel1399 pane1466 window glassa1586 window1605 window-light1655 windowpane1750 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xii. sig. X6^v With Diamond in window-glasse she graued. 1603 T. Winter tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Second Day of First Weeke 14 As the Sunne doth pierce the window glasse, So do these starrie influences passe. a1764 J. Harris Treat. Optics (1775) i. 6 In the dusk, the furniture in a room may be seen by the reflection of a window glass, whilst objects that are without are seen through it. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xii. 157 [He] let down the window-glass. 1847 M. Howitt Ballads 6 The ivy creeps o'er the window-glass. 1902 O. Wister Virginian i. 2 Through the window-glass of our Pullman the thud of their mischievous hoofs reached us, and the strong, humorous curses of the cow-boys. 2001 R. Russo Empire Falls ii. xiv. 235 The sudden crash into and up over the curb..allowed him to be flung against the door, his bullet-shaped head spiderwebbing the window glass. 2. As a mass noun: glass used for windowpanes. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass > other types of glass mirror glass1440 Venice glass1527 green glass1559 bubble glass1591 hard glass1597 window glass1606 bottle glass1626 looking-glass plate1665 opal glass1668 flint-glass1683 broad-glass1686 jealous glass1703 plate glass1728 Newcastle glass1734 flint1755 German sheet glass1777 Réaumur's porcelain1777 cut glass1800 Vauxhall1830 muslin glass1837 Venetian glass1845 latticinio1855 quartz glass1861 muff glass1865 thallium glass1868 St. Gobain glass1870 frost blue1873 crackle-glass1875 opaline1875 crackle-ware1881 amberina1883 opal1885 Jena1892 Holophane1893 roughcast1893 soda glass1897 opalite1899 milchglas1907 pâte de verre1907 Pyrex1915 silica glass1916 soda-lime glass1917 Vita-glass1925 peach-blow1930 borosilicate glass1933 Vitrolite1937 twin plate1939 sintered glass1940 gold-film1954 Plyglass1956 pyroceram1957 float glass1959 solar glass1977 1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. L3^v Drinking Glasses, and plaine window Glasse, Placed by Arte, that light and heate may passe. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. liv. 115 Take ordinary window glasse, and beate it into fine powder. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 89 The glass-works, where is made window-glass. 1709 London Gaz. No. 4538/4 60 Cases of White Normandy Window-Glass. 1795 Herald (N.Y.) 28 Feb. 3/5 (advt.) The succesful [sic] establishment of their extensive works..will enable them to meet the demands for window glass. 1868 Achley's Builders' Price Bk. 1869 43 (advt.) Robert P. Tate,..Dealer in all kinds of Window Glass, Crown, Sheet, Polished and Rough Cast Plate. 1938 Life 6 June 75/1 (advt.) Windows of the finest homes are made of Plate glass... because ordinary window glass can never match the brilliant beauty of Plate glass. 2008 U. McGovern Lost Crafts (2009) 375 Glass-blowing could even be used to make window glass. B. adj. Usually hyphenated. Designating a pair of spectacles with pieces of normal glass in place of lenses, for wearing, e.g., as part of a costume or as a fashion accessory. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [adjective] > types of spectacles steel-rimmeda1400 steelbowed1606 young1667 near-sighted1796 trifocal1826 steel-bow1834 pantoscopic1836 window glass1885 bifocal1888 horn-rimmed1894 pebbled1928 thick-lensed1946 single-vision1962 wire-rim1968 wire-frame1977 Lennon1984 1885 Muscatine (Iowa) Daily Jrnl. 12 Feb. Do Boston girls wear window-glass spectacles? 1889 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrong Box ix. 141 ‘You should be disguised,’ cried Michael, eagerly. ‘I will lend you a pair of window-glass spectacles, and some red side-whiskers.’ 1977 M. Slosberg August Strangers iii. 175 I took the small package..from my attaché case. From it I removed a bottle of spirit gum, a full mustache, and a set of wire-rimmed, window-glass spectacles. 2005 L. D. Estleman Little Black Dress (2007) viii. 69 [A woman] with overdrawn black eyebrows and huge, patently window-glass spectacles. Compounds General attributive and objective (frequently hyphenated). ΚΠ 1764 Votes House of Commons Ireland 1761–3 173 The Petitioners have expended the Sum of Seven Hundred and Sixty Four Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Seven Pence of their own proper Money, in the Window-Glass Manufacture. 1787 Direct. for preparing Aerated Medicinal Waters Advt. Glass machines..made by the Edinburgh Glass-house Company, at their bottle, flint, and window-glass manufactory, Leith. 1889 Harper's Mag. July 262/2 The best wages in the glass industry are received by the window-glass blowers. 1949 P. Davis Devel. Amer. Glass Industry viii. 192 44 per cent of total window-glass production in 1929 was made by the Fourcault machine. 2010 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 1 Nov. New window glass technology..will fuel the creation of about 300 jobs..over the next five years, a glass company announced. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.a1586
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