Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Glass

is from the Celtic glas (bluish-green), the colour produced by the woad employed by the ancient Britons in dyeing their bodies. Pliny calls it glastrum, and Cæsar vitrum.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Glass Breaker
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