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Definitions: Glazier |
GlazierNoun1. Someone who cuts flat glass to size. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "glazier" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1886. (references) |
Note: Glazier \Gla"zier\, noun. [From Glaze.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Glazier Is your father a glazier? Does he make windows, for you stand in my light and expect me to see through you?. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Occupations | Installs glass in windows, skylights, store fronts, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fronts, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops: Marks outline or pattern on glass, and cuts glass, using glasscutter. Breaks off excess glass by hand or with notched tool. Fastens glass panes into wood sash with glazier's points, and spreads and smooths putty around edge of panes with knife to seal joints. Installs mirrors or structural glass on building fronts, walls, ceilings, or tables, using mastic, screws, or decorative molding. Bolts metal hinges, handles, locks, and other hardware to prefabricated glass doors. Sets glass doors into frame and fits hinges. May install metal window and door frames into which glass panels are to be fitted. May press plastic adhesive film to glass or spray glass with tinting solution to prevent light glare. May install stained glass windows. May assemble and install metal-framed glass enclosures for showers and be designated Shower-Enclosure Installer (construction). May be designated according to type of glass installed as Glazier, Structural Glass (construction); Plate-Glass Installer (construction). (references) |
| Installs glass in millwork products, such as doors, window sashes, china closets, and office partitions: Places door or sash on worktable and inserts precut glass in opening, or inserts glass as products pass on conveyor, using either of following methods: (1) Inserts precut molding into window opening around edges of glass and taps molding against glass edges, using hammer and wood block. Tacks molding to frame, using hammer or staple gun. (2) Fastens glass into window opening, driving glazier's points into frame over glass, using point-driving tool. Presses and smooths putty into angle formed by glass and wood to make joint watertight, using putty knife. May spread sealing compound around edges of opening before inserting glass, using air gun or knife. May fit framed glass into openings in doors and screw frame to door, using screwdriver. May cut glass [GLASS CUTTER (any industry) 775.684-022]. May be designated according to glass installed as Door-Glass Installer (saw. & plan.); Window Assembler (saw. & plan.). (references) | |
| Replaces broken or pitted windshields and window glass in motor vehicles: Removes broken glass by unscrewing frame, using handtools. Cuts flat safety glass according to specified pattern, using glasscutter. Smooths cut edge of glass by holding against abrasive belt. Applies moistureproofing compound along cut edges and installs glass in vehicle. Weatherproofs window or windshield and prevents it from rattling by installing rubber channeling strips around sides of glass. Installs precut replacement glass to replace curved windows. May replace or adjust parts in window-raising mechanism. (references) | |
| Glazes tapered ends of glass tubes used in laboratory and medical instruments and apparatus, using gas burner and handtools: Heats tube on gas burner equipped with rolls that revolve tube in flame. Transfers tube between burners, set at graduated degrees of temperature, to expose tube to gradual heating and cooling process. May manually revolve tube on gas burner rolls to heat tube. May periodically glaze glass tubes, using hand torch. (references) | |
Slang in 1811 | GLAZIER. One who breaks windows and shew-glasses, to steal goods exposed for sale. Glaziers; eyes. CANT.-- Is your father a glazier; a question asked of a lad or young man, who stands between the speaker and the candle, or fire. If it is answered in the n. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: GlazierSynonyms: glasscutter (n), glassworker (n), glazer (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Glazier |
| English words defined with "glazier": Puttier. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "glazier": GLAZIER APPRENTICE, glazier artist, GLAZIER SUPERVISOR, GLAZIER, METAL FURNITURE, GLAZIER, STAINED GLASS ♦ REFRIGERATOR GLAZIER. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Brass foundry, Glazier Stove Co., Chelsea, Mich.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Glazier Stove Company office bldg., Chelsea, Mich.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Glazier, Texas. Going through a town on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Glazier" is generally used as an adjective (comparative) -- approximately 71.05% of the time. "Glazier" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (comparative) | 71.05% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Noun (proper) | 28.95% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 38 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "glazier" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Glazier | Last name | 1,000 | 9,832 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Glazier, TX |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "glazier": Bruce-glazier. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
glazier | 65 |
nancy glazier | 33 |
food glazier | 9 |
richard glazier | 8 |
glazier national park | 7 |
bristol glazier | 5 |
michael glazier | 5 |
glazier job | 5 |
glazier group | 5 |
david glazier | 3 |
architect glazier hill | 2 |
glazier hill | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "glazier"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | xhamaxhi (glass cutter), xhamaprerës (glass cutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مركب الزجاج, الزجاج. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стъклар. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 玻'剪裁工. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | sklenář. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | glarmester. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | glazenmaker, glazenier (stained-glass artist), glaszetter, glasschilder (stained-glass artist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | شیشه گر, شیشه بر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lasittaja. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vitrier. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | glaser (glaziers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υαλουργόσ (glassmaker), τζαμάσ, τζαμάς. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מז'', ז'' (glass cutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | üveges (glassy, glaze, glazy), üvegező. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tukang kaca, dempul (boat caulking, putty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vetraio posatore, vetraio edile, vetraio (glass-worker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 리 장수. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | glessar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | glassmester. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | azierglay vidraceiro-construção civil, vidraceiro (glazier's putty), tijolo vitrificado (clinker), cortador e assentador de vidros e espelhos. (various references) geamgiu, sticlar (glass-blower). (various references) стекольщик (glass cutter, puttier). (various references) staklorezac (cutter, glass cutter), staklar (puttier). (various references) vidriero, acristalador. (various references) glasmästare. (various references) sır kaplamacı (glazer), perdahçı (glazer, polisher), camcı. (various references) скляр, гончар-глазурувальник. (various references) gwydrwr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "glazier": glazieries, glaziers, glaziery. (additional references) | |
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"Glazier" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alazeir, galibier, Galizien, Gazzie, gladier, Glaisher, Glaize, Glanzer, glasdir, glaser, Glasier, Glasner, Glasper, glaxie, glazie, Glazyev, Plaizier. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "glazier" (pronounced glā"zēer) |
| 5 | -l ā" z ē er | lazier. |
| 4 | -ā" z ē er | brazier, crazier, grazier. |
| 3 | -z ē er | boozier, busier, cheesier, Cozier, dozier, easier, fuzzier, noisier, rosier, snazzier. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-l-r-z" | |
-1 letter: glaire, glazer, lazier. | |
-2 letters: agile, argil, argle, ariel, gazer, glair, glare, glaze, grail, graze, lager, large, liger, regal, zaire. | |
-3 letters: ager, aril, earl, egal, gale, gaze, gear, girl, glia, ilea, izar, lair, lari, laze, lear, liar, lier, lira, lire, rage, ragi, rail, rale, raze, real, rial, riel, rile, zeal. | |
-4 letters: age, ail, air, ale. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-l-r-z" | |
+1 letter: glaziers, glaziery. | |
+2 letters: glamorize, legalizer, realizing, reglazing, vulgarize. | |
+3 letters: allegorize, apologizer, burglarize, galvanizer, generalize, glamorized, glamorizer, glamorizes, glamourize, glazieries, laterizing, legalizers, plagiarize, regularize, velarizing, vulgarized, vulgarizer, vulgarizes. | |
+4 letters: allegorized, allegorizer, allegorizes, apologizers, burglarized, burglarizes, cartelizing, deglamorize, galvanizers, generalized, generalizer, generalizes, glamorizers, glamourized, glamourizes, linearizing, marbleizing, marginalize, organizable, plagiarized, plagiarizer, plagiarizes, reanalyzing, regionalize, regularized, regularizes, serializing, singularize, verbalizing, vernalizing, vulgarizers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 6C 61 7A 69 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .-.. .- --.. .. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01101100 01100001 01111010 01101001 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G l a z i e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 006C 0061 007A 0069 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41786792757184 |
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