† verren.
Obsolete.
1. Glass.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass
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vitrec1420
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 867 And forthi, who that hath an hede of verre Fro caste of stonys ware hym in the werre.
a1400–50 Alexander 4351 Make we na vessall of virre ne of na clere siluir.
14.. J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (MS. Antiq. Soc. 134) f. 14 (Halliw.) In alle the erthe y-halowid and y-holde, In a closet more clere than verre or glas.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 508/2 Verre, glasse, vitrum.
2. A vessel made of glass, esp. a drinking-vessel; a glass.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > glass
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verrea1382
Venice glass1527
rummer1625
bottle glass1626
Malaga glassa1627
flute1649
flute-glass1668
long glass1680
mum-glass1684
toasting glass1703
wine glass1709
tulip-glass1755
tun-glass1755
water glass1779
tumbler-glass1795
Madeira glass1801
tumbling glass1803
noggin glass1805
champagne glass1815
table glass1815
balloon glass1819
copita1841
firing glass1842
nobbler1842
thimble glass1843
wine1848
liqueur-glass1850
straw-stem1853
pokal1854
goblet1856
mousseline1862
pony glass1862
long-sleever1872
cocktail glass1873
champagne flute1882
yard-glass1882
sleever1896
tea-glass1898
liqueur1907
dock-glass1911
toast-master glass1916
Waterford1916
stem-glass1922
Pilsner glass1923
Amen glass1924
ballon1930
balloon goblet1931
thistle glass1935
snifter1937
balloon1951
shot-glass1955
handle1956
tulip1961
schooner1967
champagne fountain1973
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxiii. 31 Ne beholde thou the win, whan it floureth, whan shal shine in the verr the colour of it [a1425 L.V. the colour therof schyneth in a ver].
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) iv. 32 It is alle fulle of Gravelle,..of the which Men maken fair Verres and clere.
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xii Putte it in þe houndes þrote þe mountance of a verre full.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour 27 She..lepte upon the borde,..and brake the verres, and spilt all that there was on the borde.
1532 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 75 For iiij verris with thair caceis,..price of the pece vj. s.
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