subs. (old).—A window.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v.
1714. Memoirs of John Hall (4 ed.), p. 12. GLAZE, a Window.
1754. POULTER, The Discoveries of John Poulter, p. 43. Undub the Jeger and jump the GLAZE.
1852. SNOWDEN, Magistrates Assistant (3rd ed.), p. 445. A window, GLAZE.
c. 1830. P. EGAN, Finish to Tom and Jerry [1872], p. 82. A random shot milling the GLAZE.
Verb (old).—To cheat at cards. See quot. and GLASS-WORK.
1821. P. EGAN, Real Life in London, I., 297. If you take the broads in hand in their company, you are sure to be work’d, either by GLAZING, that is, putting you in front of a looking-glass, by which means your hand is discovered by your antagonist, or by private signals from the pal.
TO MILL (or STAR A GLAZE), verb. phr. (old).—To break a window.
1821. W. T. MONCRIEFF, Tom and Jerry, iii., 2. Jerry. What are you about, Tom? Tom. I’m going to MILL THE GLAZE—I’ll—— (Is about to break the glass, when Kate and Sue appear as the Miss Trifles).
1823. BADCOCK (‘Jon Bee’), Dictionary of the Turf, etc., s.v. GLAZE. TO MILL THE GLAZE, the miller may adopt a stick or otherwise, as seems most convenient.
ON THE GLAZE, adv. phr. (thieves’).—Robbing jewellers’ shops by smashing the windows. See GLAZIER.
1724–34. CHARLES JOHNSON, Highwaymen and Pyrates, s.v.
1889. Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday, 4 May. Getting a reprieve he went to Dublin ON THE GLAZE.
