glassiness

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Save for the glassiness of the eyes the face was placid in death, even as it must have been in life Mutely Mr. Birnes examined the body.

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  1. The quality of being glassy; a vitreous appearance. The glassyness (if I may be allowed the expression) of the surface throws, in my opinion, a false light on some parts of the picture. Smollett, France and Italy, xxxi.

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  • A nymph, I think, with three children There was a flash of surfer-glassiness, and then her eyes went round. —  AnalogSFF,May2006
  • The SOTA had a cleaner, more detailed midrange, tighter and more extended bass, and far less harshness or glassiness in the high frequencies. —  Stereophile RSS Feed
  • But on a May Sunday, she shatters more than just the glassiness of Mirror Lake when she dies after a literally heart-stopping plunge off the rowboat in which she and Nico have been drifting and chatting. —  Powell's Books: Overview
  • "Gert!" he said Yes," said Miss Slayback, her insouciance gaining with his discomposure, her eyes widening and then a dolly kind of glassiness seeming to set in. —  Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day
  • He appeared to be slightly relieved; but though he smiled, his eyes kept the dull glassiness which gave them an unnatural effect Late that night Eve knocked at Mary's door. —  The Guests Of Hercules
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