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Looking-glass
·noun A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as qui...
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Lady's looking-glass
·- ·see Venus's looking-glass, under <<Venus>>.
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Looking
·noun The act of one who looks; a glance.
II. Looking ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Look>>.
III. Looking ·n...
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Glass
·vt To case in glass.
II. Glass ·vt Anything made of glass.
III. Glass ·vt A looking-glass; a mirr...
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Glass
Was known to the Egyptians at a very early period of their national history, at least B.C. 1500. Var...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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glass
The usual appellation for a telescope (see the old sea song of Lord Howard's capture of Barton the p...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Glass
The Hebrew word occurs only in (Job 28:17) where in the Authorized Version it is rendered "crystal."...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Good-looking
·adj <<Handsome>>.
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Ill-looking
·adj Having a bad look; threatening; ugly. ·see Note under Ill, ·adv
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On-looking
·adj Looking on or forward.
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Egg-glass
·noun A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs; also, a smal...
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Flint glass
·- A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is...
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Glass maker
·noun ·Alt. of <<Glassmaker>>.
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Glass-crab
·noun The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for i...
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Glass-faced
·adj Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another.
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Glass-gazing
·adj Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical.
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Glass-rope
·noun A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long ...
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Glass-snail
·noun A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina.
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Glass-snake
·noun A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States;
— so called f...
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Glass-sponge
·noun A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera;
— so called from their glassy ...
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Millefiore glass
·- Slender rods or tubes of colored glass fused together and embedded in clear glass;
— used for pa...
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Muscovy glass
·- Mica; muscovite. ·see <<Mica>>.
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Prism glass
·add. ·- Glass with one side smooth and the other side formed into sharp-edged ridges so as to refle...
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Water glass
·add. ·- A water gauge for a steam boiler.
II. Water glass ·add. ·- A <<Clepsydra>>.
III. Water gl...
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Glass House
In the centre of Glass House Yard, Goodman's Yard. Partly in Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677 to Elmes...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Glass Sellers
Incorporated with looking-glass makers 1664.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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glass eyes
A nick name for one wearing spectacles.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mum glass
The monument erected on Fish-street Hill, London, in memory of the great fire in 1666.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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seeing-glass
a mirror, or looking-glass. N
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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falling glass
When the mercury of the barometer is sinking in the tube.
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field-glass
A telescope, frequently so termed. Also, the binocular or opera-glass, used for field-work, night-wo...
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glass clear?
Is the sand out of the upper part? asked previously to turning it, on throwing the log.
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hour-glass
The sand-glass: a measure of the hour.
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index-glass
A plane speculum, or mirror of quick-silvered glass, which moves with the index, and is designed to ...
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kenning-glass
A hand spy-glass or telescope.
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log-glass
The sand-glass used at heaving the log to obtain the rate of sailing. It is a 28 seconds glass for s...
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sand glass
See short-time
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weather-glass
A familiar term for the barometer.
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Claude Lorraine glass
·- A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landsc...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea of glass
A figurative expression used in Rev. 4:6 and 15:2. According to the interpretation of some, "this ca...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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cheat the glass
See flogging the glass.
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flogging the glass
Where there is no ship time-piece the watches and half-hour bells are governed by a half-hour sand-g...
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half-minute glass
See glass.
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turn the glass
The order in throwing the log when the stray line is payed out.
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Glass House Yard, Blackfriars
Between Church Entry, Playhouse Yard and Water Lane, south of Apothecaries' Hall, in Farringdon Ward...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Glass House Yard, Aldersgate Street
In Pickax Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). In parish of St. Botolph without Aldersgate, 36 Cha...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Glass House Yard, Goodman's Yard
West out of Princes Street and north to Goodman's Yard. Partly in Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732-Elmes, 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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looking as if one could not help it
Looking like a simpleton, or as if one could not say boh! to a goose.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose