Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The manufacture of glassware or glass.
  • noun The cutting and fitting of glass panes; glaziery.
  • noun An establishment where glass is manufactured.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In card-games, cheating with the aid of a glass or reflector, usually concealed in some article on the table, by means of which the sharper can read the cards he deals to his adversary.
  • noun The manufacture of articles of glass, glass for windows, and the like.
  • noun The objects produced in a glass-factory, especially vessels and utensils made of glass.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Work, such as art, made from glass.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an article of tableware made of glass

Etymologies

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glass +‎ work

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Examples

  • So I'm getting more and more excited about the idea of spinning off a side business in glasswork.

    Archive 2007-03-01 kittenpie 2007

  • So I'm getting more and more excited about the idea of spinning off a side business in glasswork.

    Get All Up In My Business - Please! kittenpie 2007

  • Keeping our focus still on glasswork, I would now like to briefly turn your attention to the work of two others who operate within the modern context, but in a much different style from that of Tiffany.

    The Other Modern: Glass of Max Läuger and Otto Wagner 2009

  • Whatever scarce light came in from the church windows, painted glasswork reflections on his face.

    Taking Leave Luisa Brenta 2011

  • Tiffany's ecclesiastical glasswork clearly has unique elements that make it distinct from its mediaeval and Victorian precursors -- though there is yet a clear continuity with them as well.

    The Other Modern: Louis Comfort Tiffany 2009

  • ALEXANDRIA ART MARKET Del Ray Artisans presents local work, including photography, glasswork, painting and pottery. 10 a. m.-4 p.m. First Saturday of every month through Nov. 6.

    Going Out Guide for Alexandria and Arlington, Aug. 5-11 2010

  • You also have stained glasswork in your house that either he or his father gave you.

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

  • You also have stained glasswork in your house that either he or his father gave you.

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

  • (Soundbite of song, "White Sky") VAMPIRE WEEKEND: (Singing) The nation business, a modern piece of glasswork down on the corner that you walk each day in passing.

    Vampire Weekend: Beyond The Blogs 2010

  • (Soundbite of song, "White Sky") Mr. KOENIG: (Singing) An ancient business, a modern piece of glasswork, down on the corner that you walk each day in passing ...

    Vampire Weekend: Beyond The Blogs 2010

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