Glassen

//ˈɡlɑːsən// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To coat or cover (e.g. pottery, etc.) with glaze; make glassy. transitive
Adjective
  1. 1
    Made of or consisting of glass.

    "From the castle calls Ileana, Refrain (Looking) through the glassen windows, (Looking) through the glassen windows: […]"

  2. 2
    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 with glassen eyes."

Synonyms

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glasslikeglasslikeglazeglazeglazen

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"From the castle calls Ileana, Refrain (Looking) through the glassen windows, (Looking) through the glassen windows: […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English glassen, glasen, from Old English glæsen (“made of glass”), from Proto-West Germanic *glasīn (“made of glass; glazen”). Equivalent to glass + -en (adjective suffix). Doublet of glazen.

Etymology 2

From glass + -en (verbal suffix).

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