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.
GLASTONBURY THORN
Glas"ton*bur*y thorn`. (Bot.)
Defn: A variety of the common hawthorn. Loudon.
GLASYNGE
Glas"ynge, n.
Defn: Glazing or glass. [Obs.]
GLAUBERITE Glau"ber*ite, n. Etym: [From Glauber, a German chemist, died 1668: cf. F. glaubérite, G. glauberit.] (Min.)
Defn: A mineral, consisting of the sulphates of soda and lime.
GLAUBER'S SALT; GLAUBER'S SALTS
Glau"ber's salt` or; Glau"ber's salts` (. Etym: [G. glaubersalz, from
Glauber, a German chemist who discovered it. See Glauberite.]
Defn: Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called "salts."