adj
Meaning 1
Made of or consisting of glass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
glassen
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/ˈɡlɑːsən/
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/ˈɡlæsən/
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rhymes with -æsən
adj
Meaning 2
Resembling glass; glassy; glazed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1640 (first published), Ben Jonson, An Epistle to a friend to persuade him to join the wars And pursues the dice with glassen eyes.
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verb
Meaning 3
To coat or cover (e.g. pottery, etc.) with glaze; make glassy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
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.
From glass + -en (verbal suffix).