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Glass

A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament.

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Bumper 76% connected

A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.

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Goblet 76% connected

A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle.

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Jigger 76% connected

A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe.

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Pony 76% connected

A small horse.

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Rummer 76% connected

A large and tall glass, or drinking cup.

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Schooner 76% connected

Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two masts and fore-and-aft rig. Sometimes it carried square topsails on one or both masts and was calle…

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Tumbler 76% connected

One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.

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Water glass 76% connected

See Soluble glass, under Glass.

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Wineglass 76% connected

A small glass from which to drink wine.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Container 76% connected

One who, or that which, contains.

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Enclose 76% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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Glassware 76% connected

Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass.

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Glasswork 76% connected

Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass.

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Inclose 76% connected

To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a to…

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Insert 76% connected

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…

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Introduce 76% connected

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

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Mirror 76% connected

A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light.

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Scan 76% connected

To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.

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Solid 76% connected

Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard…

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Speed 76% connected

Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Upper 76% connected

Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a…

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Glassy 74% connected

Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance.

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Glassy 74% connected

Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance.

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Containing substance 2

Glassware 70% connected

Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass.

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Glasswork 70% connected

Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass.

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Synonym 8

Chalk 92% connected

A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common l…

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Crank 92% connected

A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also…

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Glassful 92% connected

The contents of a glass; as much of anything as a glass will hold.

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Glaze 92% connected

To become glazed of glassy.

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Ice 92% connected

Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, britt…

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Meth 92% connected

See Meathe.

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Spyglass 92% connected

A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.

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Trash 92% connected

That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.

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