glass

1a :  to provide with glass :  glaze 1b :  to enclose, case, or wall with glass the sunroom was glassed in

2 :  to make glassy

3a :  reflectb :  to see mirrored

4 :  to look at through an optical instrument (such as a pair of binoculars)

:  ¹glaze 1

Carter 1858–1946 American statesman

Philip 1937–     American composer

1 :  a hard brittle usually transparent substance commonly made from sand heated with chemicals

2 :  a drinking container made of glass

3 glasses plural :  a pair of glass or plastic lenses held in a frame and used to help a person see clearly or to protect the eyes

4 :  the contents of a glass a glass of milk

1a:  an amorphous inorganic usually transparent or translucent substance consisting of a mixture of silicates or sometimes borates or phosphates formed by fusion of silica or of oxides of boron or phosphorus with a flux and a stabilizer into a mass that cools to a rigid condition without crystallizationb:  a substance resembling glass especially in hardness and transparency organic glasses made from plastics

2a:  an optical instrument or device that has one or more lenses and is designed to aid in the viewing of objects not readily seenbglasses plural :  a device used to correct defects of vision or to protect the eyes that consists typically of a pair of glass or plastic lenses and the frame by which they are held in place—called also eyeglasses