glassen
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English glassen, glasen, from Old English glæsen (“made of glass”), from Proto-West Germanic *glasīn (“made of glass; glazen”). Equivalent to glass + -en (adjective suffix). Doublet of glazen.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
glassen (comparative more glassen, superlative most glassen)
- Made of or consisting of glass.
- 2012, B. Suchoff, Bela Bartok, Rumanian Folk Music:
- From the castle calls Ileana, Refrain (Looking) through the glassen windows, (Looking) through the glassen windows: […]
- 2013, Allen G. Debus, The Chemical Philosophy:
- But I had a glassen vessel, of a narrow neck, weighing 1354 grains: […]
- Resembling glass; glassy; glazed.
- 1640 (first published), Ben Jonson, An Epistle to a friend to persuade him to join the wars
- And pursues the dice with glassen eyes.
- 2004, John Coulson Tregarthen, John Penrose: A Romance of the Land's End:
- Abreast of the players, he jumped down, seized one of the taws - it was a glassen alley - knuckled down, fired kibby at the clayers in the ring, and was back in his seat before you could cry "Jack Robinson".
- 1640 (first published), Ben Jonson, An Epistle to a friend to persuade him to join the wars
Synonyms[edit]
- (made of glass): glazen
Etymology 2[edit]
From glass + -en (verbal suffix).
Verb[edit]
glassen (third-person singular simple present glassens, present participle glassening, simple past and past participle glassened)
- (transitive) To coat or cover (e.g. pottery, etc.) with glaze; make glassy.
Synonyms[edit]
- glaze (verb)
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Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
glassen
- Alternative form of glasen
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
glassen
Anagrams[edit]
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