seeing glass

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noun British Dialect.

a looking glass; mirror.

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Origin of seeing glass

First recorded in 1555–65

Words nearby seeing glass

see eye to eye, see fit, Seeger, seeing, Seeing Eye dog, seeing glass, Seeing is believing, seeing that, seeing things, see into, seek

How to use seeing glass in a sentence

Seeing what they were doing, I was inspired to add my vision to their technique.
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Instead of decorating every face on the street, Google Glass hit a contrarian rip tide.
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Park employees helped John quit tobacco by way of a butts-proof glass enclosure, a drastic change in diet, and regular exercise.
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Searchers reported seeing a large shadow on the seabed, suggesting the crashed jet has been located.
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I was rather awed by his imposing appearance, and advanced timidly to the doors, which were of glass, and pulled the bell.
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When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.
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The doors (Indian bungalows have hardly any windows, each door being half glass) were open front and back.
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I haven't much time for seeing any one, except my patients, and the people I meet in society.
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Where the outside conditions are not very favourable, practically all the British species may be grown with ease under glass.
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