Middle English Dictionary Entry
glā̆sen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | glā̆sen v. Also glace, glaze, glaisse. P.ppl. i)glā̆sed. |
| Etymology | From glas n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To provide (a building, etc.) with glass windows; fit (a window) with glass; (b) stories glasand, pictorial representations of historical subjects in glass.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)3.48 : We haue a wyndowe..Woldist þou glase [vrr. glace, glasen, glasse] þe gable, & graue þere þin name, Sikir shulde þe soule be heuene to haue.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)3.61 : I shal..Wowes do whitten and wyndowes glasen.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)198 : Glasyn wythe glasse: Vitro, vel vitrio.
- (c1447) Let.Midylton in Lin.NQ 16202 : The glaser..that glasyd the chaunsell and the Kyrk..that he make hym to glase newe, off the same svte off glas that the chaunsell ys off.
- (1447-8) Shillingford101 : Within the saide Cloister, which is well walled and glased, is a Chapitre House and a Library.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)323 : With glas Were al the wyndowes wel yglased.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)1.318 : Hir stodyes..A-rayed on the best wyse, and glased ful bryght.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)157 : Let stond þe wyndow glasid!
- c1475 MEccles.(Trin-C R.3.21)p.694 : The wyndowes be glased for defence of wynde & Rayn.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)214 : Fermery and fraitur..Wiþ gaie garites & grete & iche hole y-glased.
b
- a1500 Lo here is (Tan 407)47 : I am..Stately howsys beheldand, glased with storys glasand.
2.
To glaze the surface of (a piece of pottery).
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)278/12 : Do him [a hare] in an erþen vessel wel glasid [L vitreata] wiþinne.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)123a/b : Put hem [ingredients] in a vessel yglassed [*Ch.(2): glasen; L vitreo].
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)45/17 : Anoþer glasyd potte of erthe schall be don in-to þe erthe.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)5/33 : Take what vessel of glas þat ȝe wole, or of erþe strongly glasid.
3.
(a) To polish the surface of (shears, a knife, etc.), burnish; (b) ?to varnish (a wooden pax); (c) to make (cloth) shine with a lustrous coating; (d) glasing eie, a glassy or staring eye.
Associated quotations
a
- (1423) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)107/18 : Whan þe same Shere hath ben vsed a xiiij or xv dayes, þan þe Sheregrynder shall glace þe forseid newe Sheres at his owne coste.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)197 : Glacyn, or make a þy[n]ge to shyne: Pernitido, polio.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)55b : To Glaysse A knyffe: polire, Erubigiare, & cetera, vbi to polyche or clense.
b
- (1466) Rec.St.Stephen in Archaeol.5042 : Item, j paxbred of tre glasyd for the hygh auter, with j crucifix mary and John.
c
- c1500 Recipe MSS Hast.in HMC (Hnt HU 1051)425 : Tak alum and grind it smal and tak gleyre of an egge and put the alum ther in and lat it stand and it wil be water. And then mak a brusch of a squyrelle tayle and glase the cloth ther with and it wylle shyne.
d
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2525 : Come a deuyl rennyng to hym with glesyng yȝen and croke yn hande.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)4456 : Blak þey were, and foule stynkyng, wyþ glesyng yȝen, and mouþe grennyng.
- ?a1440 Chaucer CT.Prol.(Paris angl.39)A.684 : A glasing eye [Heng: Swiche glarynge eyen hadde he as an hare].
4.
In phr.: ~ his houve, to delude or mock (sb.).
Associated quotations
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.469 : But weylaway, al this nas but a maze; Fortune his howve entended bet to glaze [vr. glase]!
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475 Yale-BA.Artist.Recipes (Yale-BA R486.M43 1450) 89/2 : To make asure schyne bryȝt. Take byral [?read: brazil] and grynde hit with gleyere, and glase abouen with a pencel.
- a1500 Dc.45 Artist.Recipes (Dc 45) 149/7 : Thus biith þe crafte of steynyng, and hyre turmys and hyr accidens. To foyle cloþ. To alyme cloþ. To cole cloþ. To bete gold in steynyng. To stensle gold in steynyng. To glase, and men callyth þat turme 'glauusyng'.
- a1500 Pmb-O.21 Artist.Recipes (Pmb-O 21) 275/9 : To make a scarlet colour, tak and ley ouer al þi cloþe with red lede; wen it is drye ley it ouer ageyn with vermelioun, and wen it is drye glas it ouer agayn with a brasel water and it xal be scarlet fyn.
- ?c1500 Hnt.HU.1051 Recipes in Crafte Lymmyng (Hnt HU 1051) 316/10,11 : To mak purpur. Tak blew and wyrk it and glace abouyn with rosett. And vermyloun xal be glacyd abouyn with rosett.
Note: Glossary: "glase v. inf. 'glaze (apply a transparent thin layer of a translucent paint or coloured varnish)'."
Note: Cf. OED glaze, v.1, sense 4.
Note: ?New sense, or ?modify sense 3.(c).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Ashm.1393 Artist.Recipes (Ashm 1393) 156/22 : Worch it hote..yn an erþen pot yglasid withyn, oþer ells a panne.
Note: Additional quote, sense 2.