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• index

  index, dĭcis, com. [1. indico], he who (that which) points out, a pointer, indicator (class.). I L...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• index

  index dicis, m and f in+DIC-, one who points out, a discloser, discoverer, informer, witness : fal...

  An Elementary Latin Dictionary

• Index

  ·noun A prologue indicating what follows. II. Index ·noun That which points out; that which shows, ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• index

  The flat bar which carries the nonius scale and index-glass of a quadrant, octant, quintant, or sext...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Glass

  ·vt To case in glass. II. Glass ·vt Anything made of glass. III. Glass ·vt A looking-glass; a mirr...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• 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

• 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

• Glass

  The Hebrew word occurs only in (Job 28:17) where in the Authorized Version it is rendered "crystal."...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• index-finger

  See fore-finger ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• index-error

  The reading of the verniers of the above-named instruments. It is the correction to be applied to th...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• index-rod

  A graduated indicator. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Egg-glass

  ·noun A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs; also, a smal...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Flint glass

  ·- A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Glass maker

  ·noun ·Alt. of <<Glassmaker>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Glass-crab

  ·noun The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for i...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Glass-faced

  ·adj Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Glass-gazing

  ·adj Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Glass-rope

  ·noun A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Glass-snail

  ·noun A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Glass-snake

  ·noun A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; — so called f...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Glass-sponge

  ·noun A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; — so called from their glassy ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Looking-glass

  ·noun A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as qui...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Millefiore glass

  ·- Slender rods or tubes of colored glass fused together and embedded in clear glass; — used for pa...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Muscovy glass

  ·- Mica; muscovite. ·see <<Mica>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Prism glass

  ·add. ·- Glass with one side smooth and the other side formed into sharp-edged ridges so as to refle...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Water glass

  ·add. ·- A water gauge for a steam boiler. II. Water glass ·add. ·- A <<Clepsydra>>. III. Water gl...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• 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.

• Glass Sellers

  Incorporated with looking-glass makers 1664. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• glass eyes

  A nick name for one wearing spectacles. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• looking-glass

  A chamber pot, jordan, or member mug. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• mum glass

  The monument erected on Fish-street Hill, London, in memory of the great fire in 1666. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• seeing-glass

  a mirror, or looking-glass. N ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• falling glass

  When the mercury of the barometer is sinking in the tube. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• field-glass

  A telescope, frequently so termed. Also, the binocular or opera-glass, used for field-work, night-wo...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• glass clear?

  Is the sand out of the upper part? asked previously to turning it, on throwing the log. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• hour-glass

  The sand-glass: a measure of the hour. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• kenning-glass

  A hand spy-glass or telescope. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• log-glass

  The sand-glass used at heaving the log to obtain the rate of sailing. It is a 28 seconds glass for s...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• sand glass

  See short-time ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• weather-glass

  A familiar term for the barometer. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• 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

• Lady's looking-glass

  ·- ·see Venus's looking-glass, under <<Venus>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• 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

• cheat the glass

  See flogging the glass. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• flogging the glass

  Where there is no ship time-piece the watches and half-hour bells are governed by a half-hour sand-g...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• half-minute glass

  See glass. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• turn the glass

  The order in throwing the log when the stray line is payed out. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.