| 单词 | chimney-glass |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschimney-glass chimney-glass n. (a) the looking-glass commonly placed over a chimney-piece; (b) (Indian English) a name in the vicinity of Bombay (Mumbai) for the plant Allamanda cathartica and its flower. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] > wall or chimney mirror pier-glass1703 pier1709 pier looking-glass1725 chimney-glass1809 pier mirror1845 mirror-wall1881 console-mirror1882 over-glass1883 trumeau mirror1883 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 81 A Chimney Glass and a pair of Sconces. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxii. 313 Sticking the card in the chimney-glass. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 150/2 Chimney-glass, gardener's name, on the Bombay side of India, for the flower and plant Allamanda cathartica (Sir G. Birdwood). < as lemmas |
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