From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
glassy
adj 1: resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness;
"the glassy surface of the lake"; "the pavement
was...glassy with water"- Willa Cather
2: used of eyes lacking liveliness; "empty eyes"; "a glassy
stare"; "his eyes were glazed over with boredom" [syn:
glazed]
3: (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by
fusing a vitreous solution to it; "glazed pottery";
"glassy porcelain"; "hard vitreous china used for plumbing
fixtures" [syn: vitreous, vitrified]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Glassy \Glass"y\, a.
1. Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance. --Bacon.
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2. Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness,
brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a
glassy surface; the glassy deep.
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3. Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the
eyes. "In his glassy eye." --Byron.
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Glassy feldspar (Min.), a variety of orthoclase; sanidine.
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