cut glass

  • 41Cut — (k[u^]t), a. 1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument. [1913 Webster] 2. Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved. [1913 Webster] 3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang] [1913 Webster] {Cut and dried}, prepered beforehand; not spontaneous.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 42Cut and dried — Cut Cut (k[u^]t), a. 1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument. [1913 Webster] 2. Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved. [1913 Webster] 3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang] [1913 Webster] {Cut and dried}, prepered beforehand; not… …

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  • 43Cut nail — Cut Cut (k[u^]t), a. 1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument. [1913 Webster] 2. Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved. [1913 Webster] 3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang] [1913 Webster] {Cut and dried}, prepered beforehand; not… …

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  • 44Cut stone — Cut Cut (k[u^]t), a. 1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument. [1913 Webster] 2. Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved. [1913 Webster] 3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang] [1913 Webster] {Cut and dried}, prepered beforehand; not… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 45glass — glassless, adj. glasslike, adj. /glas, glahs/, n. 1. a hard, brittle, noncrystalline, more or less transparent substance produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silica and silicates that also contain soda and lime, as in the… …

    Universalium

  • 46Glass — /glas, glahs/, n. 1. Carter, 1858 1946, U.S. statesman. 2. Philip, born 1937, U.S. composer. * * * I Solid material, typically a mix of inorganic compounds, usually transparent or translucent, hard, brittle, and impervious to the natural elements …

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  • 47GLASS — Earliest Times The earliest manufacture of glass does not antedate the late third millennium B.C.E., when the first glass beads were made in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The invention of glass vessel making dates to the mid second millennium B.C.E.,… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 48glass — 1 noun 1 TRANSPARENT (U) a transparent solid substance, for example used for making windows and bottles: a glass bowl | Polly cut herself on a piece of broken glass. 2 FOR DRINKING (C) a container used for drinking made of glass, or the drink in… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 49glass — glass1 W1S1 [gla:s US glæs] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(transparent material)¦ 2¦(for drinking)¦ 3¦(amount of liquid)¦ 4¦(for eyes)¦ 5¦(glass objects)¦ 6 people in glass houses shouldn t throw stones 7 under glass 8¦(mirror)¦ 9 the glass ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 50cut — v. & n. v. (cutting; past and past part. cut) 1 tr. (also absol.) penetrate or wound with a sharp edged instrument (cut his finger; the knife won t cut). 2 tr. & intr. (often foll. by into) divide or be divided with a knife etc. (cut the bread;… …

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