hand glassn.

Brit.

/ˈhan(d) ɡlɑːs/,

/ˈhan(d) ɡlas/, U.S.

/ˈhæn(d) ˌɡlæs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., glass n.¹

Etymology: < hand n. + glass n.¹

1. A magnifying glass held in the hand; spec. one or (formerly in plural) a pair of these, used to assist and correct the eyesight.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > magnifying glass

magnifying glass1646

magnifier1665

hand glass1676

augmenter1703

spying-glass1767

eyeglass1768

power1854

spyglass1883

1676 R. Hooke Descr. Helioscopes 4 That doth very well, if the surface be very smooth, and the Object be magnified by a Hand Glass.

1747 B. Martin Philosophia Britannica I. 282 Those Hand-Glasses which short-sighted People use ought to be such Concaves.

1792 S. Gunning Anecd. Delborough Family I. ii. 27 The spectacles were exchanged for a hand glass.

1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 153 Where the society consisted of 127 members, thirty-two either wore spectacles, or used hand-glasses.

1840 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 33 187 In the first degree of myopy,..weak plano-concave glasses in the form of double hand-glasses..may be used.

1911 H. A. Gardner Paint Technol. & Tests vii. 122 The checking of each panel was determined by examining with a small high-power hand glass magnifying fifteen diameters.

1965 Adv. Technol. Stainless Steels & Related Alloys 134 Sectioning welds..and observing them under hand glasses or microscopes.

2009 Nation (Thailand) (Nexis) 21 Sept. I have audio books and several tools to help my reading... It's much more convenient for me compared to..when I had only a small hand glass.

2. Horticulture. A portable glass cover used for protecting or forcing a plant; a cloche. Now chiefly historical.

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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > glazed frame or cloche

framea1678

hand glass1727

garden frame1731

bark-stove1732

garden-glass1732

handlight1786

tan-stove1828

cold frame1851

cloche1882

1727 S. Switzer Pract. Kitchen Gardiner vi. l. 265 It is well to set some hand-glasses, or frames of glasses before them [sc. the lettuce heads] to ripen the seed the better.

1789 G. White Let. in Nat. Hist. Selborne 304 The hail broke..all my garden-lights and hand-glasses.

1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 40/1 A hand-glass..keeps the temperature in which the plant breathes higher than the external air.

1850 G. Glenny Hand-bk. Flower Garden 25 The perennials may be raised from cuttings, under a common hand-glass.

1902 Gardeners' Chron. (1904) 23 Oct. 308/1 It is well..to put a hand-glass over the flower fertilised, to furnish for a day or two a higher temperature than that of the surrounding air.

1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) II. 952/2 Hand-glasses for propagating should be glazed airtight.

2005 S. Campbell Hist. Kitchen Gardening viii. 129/2 Square cases or hand glasses of leaded-glass panes were being made to order by English glaziers.

3. A small mirror with a handle.hand mirror is now the more usual term.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] > looking-glass

looking-glass1526

Venice glass1527

tooting-glassc1560

seeing-glass1565

girdle-glassa1652

Venice looking-glass1655

considering-glass1660

peeper1673

long glass1680

table glass1688

dressing glass1697

keeking-glassa1724

toilet glass1729

long mirror1793

swing-glass1809

hand glass1832

cheval-glass1836

psyche1838

tire-glass1844

tiring-glass1844

driving mirror1907

wing mirror1925

swing mirror1930

vanity mirror1959

1832 Star & Adams County Republican Banner (Gettysburg, Pa.) 3 Apr. I surveyed myself with much satisfaction in a small hand glass.

1882 W. Besant Revolt of Man (1883) iv. 94 She took up a hand-glass, and intently examined her own face.

1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) iv. iii. 74 Then she brought a hand-glass and made me look at myself.

1943 K. B. Hathaway Little Locksmith viii. 41 One day I took a hand glass and went to a long mirror to look at myself.

2000 J. Connor We who live Apart 26 My features..dissolved into the silver backing of the hand glass.

4. Nautical. A half-minute or quarter-minute sandglass used for measuring the time in running out a log line. Cf. half-minute glass n. at half minute n. Compounds. Now historical.

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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > hourglass

running glass1480

night-glass1504

hourglass?1518

sand-glass1553

glass1557

minute glass1626

watch-glass1637

time-glass1712

sand-clock1865

hand glass1875

pulpit glass1907

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1054/2 Hand-glass,..2. A half-minute glass, used as a measurer of time running out the log-line.

1895 ‘Q’ et al. Story of Sea I. xxix. 683 Further proof of marine conservatism will be found in this, that the time is measured, not by a watch or clock, but by a hand-glass.

1931 F. C. Matthews Amer. Merchant Ships 1850–1900 II. 185 The Captain invented what he called a ‘log watch’ designed to supercede [sic] the old-time hand glass previously used in heaving the log.

2008 T. Zorlu Innovation & Empire Turkey v. 163 Among the navigational equipment used on the ships were sounding lead.., newly drawn maps, hand glass/sand-glass..and many other tools.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hand glass
释义	hand glassn. Brit. /ˈhan(d) ɡlɑːs/, /ˈhan(d) ɡlas/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d) ˌɡlæs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., glass n.¹ Etymology: < hand n. + glass n.¹ 1. A magnifying glass held in the hand; spec. one or (formerly in plural) a pair of these, used to assist and correct the eyesight. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > magnifying glass magnifying glass1646 magnifier1665 hand glass1676 augmenter1703 spying-glass1767 eyeglass1768 power1854 spyglass1883 1676 R. Hooke Descr. Helioscopes 4 That doth very well, if the surface be very smooth, and the Object be magnified by a Hand Glass. 1747 B. Martin Philosophia Britannica I. 282 Those Hand-Glasses which short-sighted People use ought to be such Concaves. 1792 S. Gunning Anecd. Delborough Family I. ii. 27 The spectacles were exchanged for a hand glass. 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 153 Where the society consisted of 127 members, thirty-two either wore spectacles, or used hand-glasses. 1840 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 33 187 In the first degree of myopy,..weak plano-concave glasses in the form of double hand-glasses..may be used. 1911 H. A. Gardner Paint Technol. & Tests vii. 122 The checking of each panel was determined by examining with a small high-power hand glass magnifying fifteen diameters. 1965 Adv. Technol. Stainless Steels & Related Alloys 134 Sectioning welds..and observing them under hand glasses or microscopes. 2009 Nation (Thailand) (Nexis) 21 Sept. I have audio books and several tools to help my reading... It's much more convenient for me compared to..when I had only a small hand glass. 2. Horticulture. A portable glass cover used for protecting or forcing a plant; a cloche. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > glazed frame or cloche framea1678 hand glass1727 garden frame1731 bark-stove1732 garden-glass1732 handlight1786 tan-stove1828 cold frame1851 cloche1882 1727 S. Switzer Pract. Kitchen Gardiner vi. l. 265 It is well to set some hand-glasses, or frames of glasses before them [sc. the lettuce heads] to ripen the seed the better. 1789 G. White Let. in Nat. Hist. Selborne 304 The hail broke..all my garden-lights and hand-glasses. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 40/1 A hand-glass..keeps the temperature in which the plant breathes higher than the external air. 1850 G. Glenny Hand-bk. Flower Garden 25 The perennials may be raised from cuttings, under a common hand-glass. 1902 Gardeners' Chron. (1904) 23 Oct. 308/1 It is well..to put a hand-glass over the flower fertilised, to furnish for a day or two a higher temperature than that of the surrounding air. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) II. 952/2 Hand-glasses for propagating should be glazed airtight. 2005 S. Campbell Hist. Kitchen Gardening viii. 129/2 Square cases or hand glasses of leaded-glass panes were being made to order by English glaziers. 3. A small mirror with a handle.hand mirror is now the more usual term. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] > looking-glass looking-glass1526 Venice glass1527 tooting-glassc1560 seeing-glass1565 girdle-glassa1652 Venice looking-glass1655 considering-glass1660 peeper1673 long glass1680 table glass1688 dressing glass1697 keeking-glassa1724 toilet glass1729 long mirror1793 swing-glass1809 hand glass1832 cheval-glass1836 psyche1838 tire-glass1844 tiring-glass1844 driving mirror1907 wing mirror1925 swing mirror1930 vanity mirror1959 1832 Star & Adams County Republican Banner (Gettysburg, Pa.) 3 Apr. I surveyed myself with much satisfaction in a small hand glass. 1882 W. Besant Revolt of Man (1883) iv. 94 She took up a hand-glass, and intently examined her own face. 1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) iv. iii. 74 Then she brought a hand-glass and made me look at myself. 1943 K. B. Hathaway Little Locksmith viii. 41 One day I took a hand glass and went to a long mirror to look at myself. 2000 J. Connor We who live Apart 26 My features..dissolved into the silver backing of the hand glass. 4. Nautical. A half-minute or quarter-minute sandglass used for measuring the time in running out a log line. Cf. half-minute glass n. at half minute n. Compounds. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > hourglass running glass1480 night-glass1504 hourglass?1518 sand-glass1553 glass1557 minute glass1626 watch-glass1637 time-glass1712 sand-clock1865 hand glass1875 pulpit glass1907 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1054/2 Hand-glass,..2. A half-minute glass, used as a measurer of time running out the log-line. 1895 ‘Q’ et al. Story of Sea I. xxix. 683 Further proof of marine conservatism will be found in this, that the time is measured, not by a watch or clock, but by a hand-glass. 1931 F. C. Matthews Amer. Merchant Ships 1850–1900 II. 185 The Captain invented what he called a ‘log watch’ designed to supercede [sic] the old-time hand glass previously used in heaving the log. 2008 T. Zorlu Innovation & Empire Turkey v. 163 Among the navigational equipment used on the ships were sounding lead.., newly drawn maps, hand glass/sand-glass..and many other tools. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1676
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