2. (common).—Said in answer to an achievement in assertion. A memory of the proverb, ‘People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.’
Who’s to pay for the broken glass? verb. phr. (colloquial).—See Stand the Racket.
Been looking through a glass, adv. phr. (common).—Drunk. For synonyms, see Drinks and Screwed.
Glass-eyes, subs. (old).—A man wearing spectacles; four-eyes (q.v.); gig-lamps (q.v.).
1811. Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.
Glass-house. To live in a glass house, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To lay oneself open to attack or adverse criticism.
Glass-work, subs. (card-sharpers’).—An obsolete method of cheating at cards. A convex mirror the size of a small coin was fastened with shellac to the lower corner of the left palm opposite the thumb, enabling the dealer to ascertain by reflection the value of the cards he dealt.
Glaze, subs. (old),—A window.
1690. B. E., Dict. of the Cant. Crew, s.v.
1714. Memoirs of John Hall (4th ed.), p. 12. Glaze, a Window.