glazier
see also: Glazier
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈɡleɪz.jə(ɹ)/, /ˈɡleɪz.i.ə(ɹ)/
  • (America) enPR: glā'zhər, IPA: /ˈɡleɪ.ʒəɹ/, /ˈɡleɪz.i.əɹ/
Noun

glazier (plural glaziers)

  1. One who glazes; a craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc.
    • 1851 November 13, Herman Melville, chapter 2, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 57395299 ↗:
      "In judging of that tempestuous wind called Euroclydon,” says an old writer—of whose works I possess the only copy extant—“it maketh a marvellous difference, whether thou lookest out at it from a glass window where the frost is all on the outside, or whether thou observest it from that sashless window, where the frost is on both sides, and of which the wight Death is the only glazier."
Related terms Translations
Glazier
Proper noun
  1. Surname for a glazier.



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