prospective glassn.

Brit.

/prəˈspɛktɪv ˌɡlɑːs/, U.S.

/prəˈspɛktɪv ˌɡlæs/,

/prɑˈspɛktɪv ˌɡlæs/

Forms: see prospective adj. and glass n.¹; also 1500s–1600s glasse prospectiue.

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

Etymology: < prospective adj. + glass n.¹

1. A magic glass, mirror, or crystal in which it is supposed that distant or future events can be seen. Also figurative. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > crystal-gazing > [noun] > object used in

crystal stonea1387

crystala1400

crystal ball?a1513

prospective glassa1584

prospective stonea1584

show-stone1583

prospective1604

seeing-stone1680

ink-mirror1905

a1584 Tom Thumbe 298 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) II. 190 This cunning doctor tooke A fine prospective glasse, with which he did in secret looke Into his sickened body downe.

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. C4 In a glasse prospectiue I will shew Whats done this day in merry Fresingfield.

1609 W. Rowley Search for Money (1842) 26 If every conjurer had such a prospective glasse of his owne, they would never deale so much with the Divell as they doe.

1673 J. Milton At Vacation Exercise in Poems (new ed.) 67 A Sybil old..That..in times long and dark Prospective Glass Fore-saw what future dayes should bring to pass.

1963 P. Ure Yeats the Playwright ii. iv. 76 It builds up tension as Emer watches it (like some dreadful sight seen in Friar Bacon's prospective glass).

1999 K. Cartwright Theatre & Humanism v. 149 Lawe explains this process of visual imagination..as if he were a Renaissance prospective glass.

2. A telescope or pair of binoculars. In plural: spectacles or binoculars. Cf. perspective adj. 2. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

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

glass1616

prospective glass1616

prospect-glass1617

prospectivea1635

prospect1639

spying-glass1682

spyglass1707

the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles

spectaclec1386

a pair of spectacles1423

ocularies?a1425

barnaclea1566

eye1568

sight-glasses1605

glass eye1608

prospective glass1616

sights1619

prospectivea1635

nose-compasses1654

glass1660

lunettes1681

peeper1699

eyeglass1760

specs1807

winker1816

gig-lamps1853

nose-riders1875

window1896

cheaters1920

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > binoculars or field-glasses

prospective glass1616

spectacle telescope1728

field glass1782

race-glass1843

racing glass1854

bird glasses1900

prism binocular1901

prismatic binoculars1905

1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 23 Or as a man who standing to descry How great floods farre off run, and vallies lye, Taketh a glasse prospectiue good and true, By which things most remote are full in view.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 33 The Gunners scale is made in brasse at Tower Hill, with prospectiue glasses.

1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 5065 He likewise shew'd his Highness a little Prospective Glass, made according to Mr. Newtons new Invention.

1738 D. Neal Hist. Puritans IV. 22 Discovering by prospective glasses that they were coming down to attack him.

1759 Newport (Rhode Island) Mercury 22 May 4/1 A Variety of Prospective Glasses, Callenders, Mariner's Compasses, Pocket Compasses.

1849 H. W. Herbert Dermont O'Brien vii. 102 Examining them carefully, with a prospective glass, as it was then termed—a very rare implement in those days.

1938 A. Nicoll Stuart Masques & Renaissance Stage vi. 155 The picture in Hermann Hugo Pia desideria ( Antwerp, 1624.)..which shows a woman looking through a similar ‘prospective’ glass at figures beyond.

1988 E. M. Beekman tr. W. Bontekoe Jrnl. in Fugitive Dreams 46 He was standing at the time on the gallery and was looking at us through a prospective glass or spectacles.

†3. figurative. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1618 J. Vicars (title) A prospectiue glasse to looke into Heauen.

1635 G. Wither Coll. Emblemes sig. A4^v A Glimpes farre off, (through Faith's Prospective glasse).

1641 J. Milton Animadversions 9 These free-spoken, and plaine harted men that are the eyes of their Country, and the prospective glasses of their Prince.

1678 Donna Olimpia 150 And with the Prospective Glasses of their Ambition daily surveyed all Italy.

1799 W. Thoresby Narr. God's Love 88 Help all thy saints to view, through the prospective glass of faith.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prospective glass
释义	prospective glassn. Brit. /prəˈspɛktɪv ˌɡlɑːs/, U.S. /prəˈspɛktɪv ˌɡlæs/, /prɑˈspɛktɪv ˌɡlæs/ Forms: see prospective adj. and glass n.¹; also 1500s–1600s glasse prospectiue. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prospective adj., glass n.¹ Etymology: < prospective adj. + glass n.¹ 1. A magic glass, mirror, or crystal in which it is supposed that distant or future events can be seen. Also figurative. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > crystal-gazing > [noun] > object used in crystal stonea1387 crystala1400 crystal ball?a1513 prospective glassa1584 prospective stonea1584 show-stone1583 prospective1604 seeing-stone1680 ink-mirror1905 a1584 Tom Thumbe 298 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) II. 190 This cunning doctor tooke A fine prospective glasse, with which he did in secret looke Into his sickened body downe. a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. C4 In a glasse prospectiue I will shew Whats done this day in merry Fresingfield. 1609 W. Rowley Search for Money (1842) 26 If every conjurer had such a prospective glasse of his owne, they would never deale so much with the Divell as they doe. 1673 J. Milton At Vacation Exercise in Poems (new ed.) 67 A Sybil old..That..in times long and dark Prospective Glass Fore-saw what future dayes should bring to pass. 1963 P. Ure Yeats the Playwright ii. iv. 76 It builds up tension as Emer watches it (like some dreadful sight seen in Friar Bacon's prospective glass). 1999 K. Cartwright Theatre & Humanism v. 149 Lawe explains this process of visual imagination..as if he were a Renaissance prospective glass. 2. A telescope or pair of binoculars. In plural: spectacles or binoculars. Cf. perspective adj. 2. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] glass1616 prospective glass1616 prospect-glass1617 prospectivea1635 prospect1639 spying-glass1682 spyglass1707 the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles spectaclec1386 a pair of spectacles1423 ocularies?a1425 barnaclea1566 eye1568 sight-glasses1605 glass eye1608 prospective glass1616 sights1619 prospectivea1635 nose-compasses1654 glass1660 lunettes1681 peeper1699 eyeglass1760 specs1807 winker1816 gig-lamps1853 nose-riders1875 window1896 cheaters1920 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > binoculars or field-glasses prospective glass1616 spectacle telescope1728 field glass1782 race-glass1843 racing glass1854 bird glasses1900 prism binocular1901 prismatic binoculars1905 1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 23 Or as a man who standing to descry How great floods farre off run, and vallies lye, Taketh a glasse prospectiue good and true, By which things most remote are full in view. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 33 The Gunners scale is made in brasse at Tower Hill, with prospectiue glasses. 1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 5065 He likewise shew'd his Highness a little Prospective Glass, made according to Mr. Newtons new Invention. 1738 D. Neal Hist. Puritans IV. 22 Discovering by prospective glasses that they were coming down to attack him. 1759 Newport (Rhode Island) Mercury 22 May 4/1 A Variety of Prospective Glasses, Callenders, Mariner's Compasses, Pocket Compasses. 1849 H. W. Herbert Dermont O'Brien vii. 102 Examining them carefully, with a prospective glass, as it was then termed—a very rare implement in those days. 1938 A. Nicoll Stuart Masques & Renaissance Stage vi. 155 The picture in Hermann Hugo Pia desideria ( Antwerp, 1624.)..which shows a woman looking through a similar ‘prospective’ glass at figures beyond. 1988 E. M. Beekman tr. W. Bontekoe Jrnl. in Fugitive Dreams 46 He was standing at the time on the gallery and was looking at us through a prospective glass or spectacles. †3. figurative. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1618 J. Vicars (title) A prospectiue glasse to looke into Heauen. 1635 G. Wither Coll. Emblemes sig. A4^v A Glimpes farre off, (through Faith's Prospective glasse). 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 9 These free-spoken, and plaine harted men that are the eyes of their Country, and the prospective glasses of their Prince. 1678 Donna Olimpia 150 And with the Prospective Glasses of their Ambition daily surveyed all Italy. 1799 W. Thoresby Narr. God's Love 88 Help all thy saints to view, through the prospective glass of faith. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1584
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