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English Dictionary: glassy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glassy
adj
  1. resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness; "the glassy surface of the lake"; "the pavement was...glassy with water"- Willa Cather
  2. (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; "empty eyes"; "a glassy stare"; "his eyes were glazed over with boredom"
    Synonym(s): glassy, glazed
  3. (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it; "glazed pottery"; "glassy porcelain"; "hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures"
    Synonym(s): glassy, vitreous, vitrified
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glassy \Glass"y\, a.
      1. Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance. --Bacon.
  
      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. [bd]In his glassy eye.[b8] --Byron.
  
      {Glassy feldspar} (Min.), a variety of orthoclase; sanidine.
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