Word Meanings - QUICKSILVERING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.

• Glass maker
  Alt. of Glassmaker
• Looking-glass
  A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver.
• Glassmaker
  One who makes, or manufactures, glass.
• Glass-rope
  A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together.
• Glass-snail
  A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina.
• Glass-snake
  A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in
• GLASSCRAB
  The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma.
• Glassing
  of Glass
• Glass-sponge
  A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella.
• GLASSFACED
  Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another. [R.] "The glass-faced flatterer." Shak.
• Glass-crab
  The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma.
• Glassware
  Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass.
• GLASSGAZING
  Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical. [Poetic] Shak.
• Glasswork
  Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass.

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