单词 | milk-glass |
释义 | > as lemmasmilk-glass milk-glass n. (a) a white opaline (opaline adj. 3); (b) a glass vessel applied to a woman's breast to receive excess or unwanted milk (rare). ΚΠ 1869 Manufacturer & Builder May 147 This milk-glass..is easily cracked by the application of a small flame, and is very easily fusible, being a lead glass. 1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Milk-glass, a glass applied to the breast to receive the superabundant flow of milk. 1952 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 73/2 (caption) The table..displays a little holiday grouping of white hobnail milk-glass jars, holding candles. 1990 J. C. Oates Because it is Bitter iii. xiv. 345 The tall milk-glass lamp on Iris's bedside table casts a warm, halolike glow. < as lemmas |
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