night-glassn.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪtɡlɑːs/,

/ˈnʌɪtɡlas/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪtˌɡlæs/

Forms: see night n. and glass n.¹

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

Etymology: < night n. + glass n.¹

Nautical.

†1. Scottish. Probably: a sandglass used for timing night watches on board ship. Obsolete.

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

1504–6 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 91 For vj compasses and tua nycht glasses for the schip xj s.

1580 Edinb. Test. VIII. f. 193, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Nicht-, Nycht-, Night-glas(s Certane bowattis skupes cumpasis & nycht glasis.

1638 S. Rutherford Let. 4 Jan. (1848) cclxxxii. 556 Remember that the sand in your night-glass will run out; time with wings will flee away.

1680 M. Livingstone Albion's Congratulatory 2 Ev'n so my tongue-ti'd Muse may judge night past..And, by the tedious absence of her Sun, Compute the night-glass of her silence run.

2. A short refracting telescope designed for use at night; (also) a pair of binoculars so designed (usually in plural).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > telescope > other telescopes

polemoscope1668

finder1738

night-glass1758

collimator1825

floating collimator1833

lookdown1865

guiding telescope1897

autocollimator1903

kinetheodolite1941

finderscope1946

satellite telescope1951

scotoscope1964

starlight scope1964

1758 J. Amherst Jrnl. 9 May (1931) 42 We lost sight of him at night; the night Glass did not help us in the least.

1779 Ld. Nelson Let. 13 May in Dispatches & Lett. (1844) I. 28 I have lost a very fine Brig,..I am sure for want of a Night-glass.

1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. xvii. 30 The night-glass through the narrow bay Discovers where the Pacha's galleys lay.

1854 Southern Literary Messenger 20 21/1 He had been to Dollond's to buy a night glass.

1884 D. Pae Eustace xix. 242 Randolph stood upon the deck of his cutter with a night-glass at his eye.

1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim vi. 67 Captain Brierly..left me his night-glasses—here they are.

1977 P. O'Brian Mauritius Command iv. 94 Send a good man aloft with a night-glass and bid him keep a sharp look-out.

2000 Canoeist Apr. 38/1 The skipper searched the horizon with the night glasses.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	night-glass
释义	night-glassn. Brit. /ˈnʌɪtɡlɑːs/, /ˈnʌɪtɡlas/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtˌɡlæs/ Forms: see night n. and glass n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., glass n.¹ Etymology: < night n. + glass n.¹ Nautical. †1. Scottish. Probably: a sandglass used for timing night watches on board ship. Obsolete. 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 1504–6 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 91 For vj compasses and tua nycht glasses for the schip xj s. 1580 Edinb. Test. VIII. f. 193, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Nicht-, Nycht-, Night-glas(s Certane bowattis skupes cumpasis & nycht glasis. 1638 S. Rutherford Let. 4 Jan. (1848) cclxxxii. 556 Remember that the sand in your night-glass will run out; time with wings will flee away. 1680 M. Livingstone Albion's Congratulatory 2 Ev'n so my tongue-ti'd Muse may judge night past..And, by the tedious absence of her Sun, Compute the night-glass of her silence run. 2. A short refracting telescope designed for use at night; (also) a pair of binoculars so designed (usually in plural). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > telescope > other telescopes polemoscope1668 finder1738 night-glass1758 collimator1825 floating collimator1833 lookdown1865 guiding telescope1897 autocollimator1903 kinetheodolite1941 finderscope1946 satellite telescope1951 scotoscope1964 starlight scope1964 1758 J. Amherst Jrnl. 9 May (1931) 42 We lost sight of him at night; the night Glass did not help us in the least. 1779 Ld. Nelson Let. 13 May in Dispatches & Lett. (1844) I. 28 I have lost a very fine Brig,..I am sure for want of a Night-glass. 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. xvii. 30 The night-glass through the narrow bay Discovers where the Pacha's galleys lay. 1854 Southern Literary Messenger 20 21/1 He had been to Dollond's to buy a night glass. 1884 D. Pae Eustace xix. 242 Randolph stood upon the deck of his cutter with a night-glass at his eye. 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim vi. 67 Captain Brierly..left me his night-glasses—here they are. 1977 P. O'Brian Mauritius Command iv. 94 Send a good man aloft with a night-glass and bid him keep a sharp look-out. 2000 Canoeist Apr. 38/1 The skipper searched the horizon with the night glasses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1504
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