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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...

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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...

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

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Phillips, Claude
Writer on art. Picture Gallery of Charles I., The Earlier Work of Titian, The Later Work of Titian, ...

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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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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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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...

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Glass Sellers
Incorporated with looking-glass makers 1664. ...

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glass eyes
A nick name for one wearing spectacles. ...

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looking-glass
A chamber pot, jordan, or member mug. ...

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

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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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