Thesaurus: glassy

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1. a. Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance.
2. a. Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep.
3. a. Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes.
4. adj. resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness
5. adj. (used of eyes) lacking liveliness
6. adj. (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
7. 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. "In his glassy eye." Byron. Glassy feldspar (Min.), a variety of orthoclase; sanidine.
8. j:100 s. resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness s. (used of eyes) lacking liveliness s. (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it