单词 | glass-ball |
释义 | > as lemmasglass-ball glass-ball n. a ball made of glass, used as an ornament or toy, a mark for shooting at, etc. ΚΠ 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 22 It is full of Lamps, and curiosities in glass balls, of which one, for instance, contains a little galley. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Glass-balls,..circular or otherwise shaped hollow vessels of glass coloured within so as to imitate the semi~pellucid gems. 1880 M. Allan-Olney New Virginians II. 223 There are also hunting and fishing clubs, and glass-ball matches. < as lemmas |
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