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Term Definition
Glass, Wire. see Wire Glass.  
Glass. A hard brittle usually transparent, translucent, or shiny substance, made by fusing sand with soda and lime.  
Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (GFRC). Concrete with a strengthening admixture of short alkali-resistant glass fiber.  
Glassware Washer. An apparatus for the cleaning of items made of glass.  
Glaze Coat. 1. The top layer of asphalt used on a smooth-surfaced built-up roof assembly. 2. A thin protective layer or coating of bitumen that is applied to the lower plies or the top ply of a built-up membrane when the top pouring and aggregate surfacing are delayed.  
Glaze Fit. The stress relationship between the glaze and body of a fired ceramic product.  
Glaze. A ceramic coating matured to the glassy state on a formed ceramic article; also refers to the material or mixture from which the coating is made.  
Glazed Block. Concrete blocks with a surface produced by fusing it with a glazing material.  
Glazed Brick. Brick or tile with a surface produced by fusing it with a glazing material.  
Glazed Bullnose. A ceramic trim tile with a convex radius on one edge that has been given a glassy or glossy surface.  
Glazed Ceramic Mosaic Tile. A glazed tile with a body that is suitable for interior use and which is usually nonvitreous and is not required to withstand excessive impact or be subject to freezing.  
Glazed Floor. A floor covering that has had an application of a nearly transparent coating that enhances and protects the coat underneath.  
Glazed Interior Tile. A glazed tile with a body that is suitable for interior use and which is usually non-vitreous, and is not required or expected to withstand excessive impact or be subject to freezing and thawing conditions.  
Glazed Paver Tile. see Paver.  
Glazed Quarry Tile. see Quarry Tile.  
Glazed Structural Unit, GSU. A solid or hollow unit with a surface of applied smooth glossy nature, e.g. a tile with a fired glaze finish.  
Glazed Tile, Extra Duty Glaze. Tile with a durable glaze that is suitable for floors and all other surfaces.  
Glazed Tile. Tile with a fused impervious facial finish composed of ceramic materials, fused into the body of the tile which may be a non-vitreous, semi-vitreous, vitreous, or impervious body; the glazed surface may be clear, white, or colored.  
Glazed Wall Tile. A wall tile with an impervious, glossy finish.  
Glazier. One whose trade is setting glass.  
Glaziers point. A small triangular sheetmetal nail to keep glass in place in a wood sash before puttying.  
Glazing Accessory. Implements or devices needed in the glazing trade.  
Glazing Bead. A strip of wood or metal for holding a pane of glass in its frame or sash.  
Glazing Bead. A strip of metal or wood used to hold a sheet of glass in place.  
Glazing Compound. Any of a number of types of mastic or putty used to bed small lights of glass in a frame.  
Glazing. 1. The trade of installing glass; the trade practiced by glaziers. 2. A transparent or translucent color applied to modify the effect of a painted surface. 3. In plastering, a condition created by the fines of a machine-dash texture plaster traveling to the surface and producing a flattened texture and shine or discoloration; this may be caused by the basecoat being too wet or the acoustical mortar being too moist; glazing occurs in hand application when mortar being worked is excessively wet.  
Glitter. A reflective material such as glass, diamond dust, or small pieces of variously colored aluminum foil projected into the surface of wet plaster or paint as a decorative treatment.  
Globe Valve. A spherically shaped valve body which controls the flow of water with a compression disc which is opened and closed by means of a stem and mates with a ground seat to stop water flow.  
Globular Transfer. A mode of metal transfer in gas metal-arc welding in which the consumable electrode is transferred across the arc in large droplets.  
Gloss Enamel. A finishing material made of varnish and pigments; such an enamel forms a hard coating with a smooth surface and high gloss.  

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