Glass

  • 11glass|y — «GLAS ee, GLAHS », adjective, glass|i|er, glass|i|est, noun, plural glass|ies. –adj. 1. like glass; smooth; easily seen through: » …

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  • 12Glass — Glass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glassing}.] 1. To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; used reflexively. [1913 Webster] Happy to glass themselves in such a mirror. Motley. [1913 Webster] Where the Almighty s form glasses… …

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  • 13glass — ► NOUN 1) a hard, brittle, usually transparent or translucent substance made by fusing sand with soda and lime. 2) a drinking container made of glass. 3) chiefly Brit. a mirror. 4) a lens or optical instrument, in particular a monocle or a… …

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  • 14Glass — es un apellido que puede referirse a alguna de las siguientes personas: Charles Edward Glass, un botánico estadounidense. Philip Glass, es un compositor estadounidense de música minimalista. Stephen Glass, es un antiguo periodista de la revista… …

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  • 15glass — [n1] object that reflects an image looking glass, mirror, reflector, seeing glass; concepts 260,470 glass [n2] object used for drinking liquids beaker, bottle, chalice, cup, decanter, goblet, highball, jar, jigger, jug, mug, pilsener, pony,… …

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  • 16Glass — Porté en Alsace, le nom peut avoir deux sens différents : soit un surnom lié au verre (allemand Glas ), désignant sans doute un verrier. Soit une forme courte du nom de personne Niklaus (= Nicolas). Le nom Glass est également porté en Grande… …

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  • 17Glass —   [glɑːs], Philip, amerikanischer Komponist, * Baltimore (Maryland) 31. 1. 1937; studierte u. a. in Paris (Nadia Boulanger) und gründete 1968 ein eigenes Ensemble. Seine zur Minimal Music gehörenden Kompositionen entfalten ihren Klang aus der… …

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  • 18Glass —    GLASS, a parish, chiefly in the district of Strathbogie, county of Aberdeen, but partly in Banffshire, 5 miles (W.) from Huntly; containing 886 inhabitants, of whom 321 are in the county of Banff. This parish, of which the name, in the Gaelic… …

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  • 19Glass — Glass, Philip (1937 ) a US ↑composer of modern ↑classical music, who was influenced by Indian music, and is famous for his minimalist style, in which short musical phrases are repeated again and again, with very slight changes …

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  • 20Glass — [glas] Philip 1937 ; U.S. composer …

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