hand glass
Americannoun
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a magnifying glass with a handle
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a small mirror with a handle
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a small glazed frame for seedlings or plants
Etymology
Origin of hand glass
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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I gave her the bowl of powder, the rouge compact, and the lipstick, and she put away the cards and took up the hand glass from the table by her side.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
It is well known that examinations with such a hand glass will not determine whether so-called fine matt checking is taking place, but it will determine whether checking has appeared to any marked extent.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner
"What do you think of yourself now?" and she placed a hand glass before her.
From Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover by Laura Jean Libbey
An ordinary hand glass will show how it bears perithecia in all its parts.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
Takes off her apron and then opens drawer of table and takes a small hand glass and strands it against a flower pot on table.
From Plays: the Father; Countess Julie; the Outlaw; the Stronger by Edith Oland
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