glass vs red-eye

glass

noun
  • Lenses, considered collectively. 

  • The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel. 

  • The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink. 

  • A barometer. 

  • Transparent or translucent. 

  • An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added). 

  • Glassware. 

  • The backboard. 

  • A magnifying glass or telescope. 

  • A mirror. 

  • Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice). 

  • A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material. 

verb
  • To fit with glass; to glaze. 

  • To become glassy. 

  • To enclose in glass. 

  • To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury. 

  • To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass. 

  • To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars. 

  • To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher. 

  • To make glassy. 

red-eye

noun
  • Redness in the eye(s) of someone in a colour photograph, as an unwanted consequence of light from a flash reflecting off blood vessels in the retina. 

  • Either of two subspecies of the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), a venomous pit viper native to the United States: either the broad-banded copperhead or Texas copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus), or the highland moccasin or northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen). 

  • The redeye tetra (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae), a freshwater fish, commonly kept in aquariums, native to South America. 

  • The red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus), a small American songbird. 

  • Any of various sunfishes of the family Centrarchidae, especially the redeye bass (Micropterus coosae). 

  • A drink made by adding a shot of espresso to a cup of coffee. 

  • An overnight airplane flight. 

  • A strong but poor-quality whiskey. 

  • The red-eyed treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas), which is native to neotropical rainforests. 

  • Redness of the conjunctiva; especially when caused by conjunctivitis (pink-eye). 

  • The common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus), a freshwater fish. 

  • A species of cicada, Psaltoda moerens, native to eastern Australia. 

  • Any of various round herrings of the genus Etrumeus. 

  • Any of various grass-skippers or hesperiid butterflies of the genus Matapa. 

  • A drink consisting of beer with tomato juice. 

verb
  • Often followed by it: to travel on a red-eye (“an overnight airplane flight”). 

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