FromMiddle Englishglassen,glasen, fromOld Englishglæsen(“made of glass”), fromProto-West Germanic*glasīn(“made of glass; glazen”). Equivalent toglass +-en(adjective suffix).Doublet ofglazen.
glassen (comparativemoreglassen,superlativemostglassen)
- Made of or consisting ofglass.
2012, B. Suchoff, Bela Bartok,Rumanian Folk Music:From the castle calls Ileana, Refrain (Looking) through theglassen windows, (Looking) through theglassen windows:[…]
2013, Allen G. Debus,The Chemical Philosophy:But I had aglassen vessel, of a narrow neck, weighing 1354 grains:[…]
- Resembling glass;glassy;glazed.
- 1640 (first published),Ben Jonson,An Epistle to a friend to persuade him to join the wars
- And pursues the dice withglassen eyes.
2004, John Coulson Tregarthen,John Penrose: A Romance of the Land's End:Abreast of the players, he jumped down, seized one of the taws - it was aglassen alley - knuckled down, fired kibby at the clayers in the ring, and was back in his seat before you could cry "Jack Robinson".
Fromglass +-en(verbal suffix).
glassen (third-person singular simple presentglassens,present participleglassening,simple past and past participleglassened)
- (transitive) Tocoat orcover (e.g. pottery, etc.) withglaze; makeglassy.
glassen
- Alternative form ofglasen
glassen
- definitesingular ofglass
