Vocabulary : Glass-snake to Glauberite

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 the Old World.
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.
Glasstonbury thorn : A variety of the common hawthorn.
Glassware : Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass.
Glasswork : Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass.

Glasswort : A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.
Glassy : Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance. ;; Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep. ;; Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes.
Glasynge : Glazing or glass.
Glatified : Pleased; indulged according to desire.
Glauberite : A mineral, consisting of the sulphates of soda and lime.

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