glazing
pp. Sleeping with your eyes open.
Examples
1996
Didn’t he notice that half the room was glazing by the second session?
—“Jokeline,” Rocky Mountain News, November 22, 1996
1996 (earliest)
Glazing — Corporate-speak for sleeping with your eyes open. A popular pastime at conferences and early-morning meetings.
—Emily Sheffield, “Jackdaw,” The Guardian, November 12, 1996
Notes
Also:
I thank thee for the generous tear
This glazing eye could never shed.
—Lord Byron, "The Giaour: A Fragment of a Turkish Tale"
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