glass

glass
   1. an intoxicant
   Usually wine or spirits:
    The Duke... laid the first stone out with no ceremony but three cheers and a glass. (Bathurst, 1999, of Skerryvore Lighthouse on 7 July 1841)
    He, too, was happy to drink a glass. (Kyle, 1988in fact he drank its contents)
   A glass too much means drunkenness, and a social glass is alcohol taken in the company of others:
    We only regretted that he could not be prevailed with to partake of the social glass. (J. Boswell, 1773Dr Johnson had temporarily eschewed alcohol)
   2. British
   to wound (someone) in the face with a broken glass
   An unfortunate example of the antisocial behaviour of some young males whose income exceeds their manners, education, intelligence, or sobriety:
    People are 'bottled' and 'glassed' for catching a stranger's eye too long. (Sunday Telegraph, 23 January 2000)

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