Middle English Dictionary Entry
glā̆sī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | glā̆sī adj. |
| Etymology | From glas n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Made of glass; (b) glass-like; (c) of the eyes: dulled with drunkenness, fixed, staring; ~ eied; (d) of phlegm: thick, viscid, and glass-colored; (e) ~ humour, the vitreous humor.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)198 : Glasy, or glasyne, or made of glas: Vitreus.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)179b/a : Þe grounde is glasy and bryȝt by vertue of oore y-turnede in to stone.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)198b/b : Watry partye of þe erþe & glasy, whan it haþ maystry ouer the water and þe forseyde colde, haþ þe victorie..and so..Cristal may be gendred of water.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.5756 : Somme of hem þat Bachus serue & sewe..ben as chargaunt as a pye, Pale cherid, wiþ a glasy eye.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)34 : Whan þei hadde wel dronken of the bolle, And ek also..The pardowner..Glasy-Eyed [Pep: Glasy yen].
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.JHare (LdMisc 683)31 : This knave..Ful pale dronken..Glasy-eied, wol cleyme of dewe right Out of a bolle to plukke out the lynyng.
d
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)35b/a : Þere ben foure maner of vnkinde flewmes..som is glasy [L vitreum] & is so I-clepid for liknes of þe colour of glas.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)93a/b : If þe fumosite..is resolued of glasy flewme, hit hatte congelatinus fresinge.
e
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)40b/a : Among þe humoures [of the eye] þe firste is whitissche, þe seconde cristallyne, þe þridde glasy [L vitreus].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)40b/b : Þe glasy humour is clene & pure & briȝt as glas.