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hand glass

noun

  1. a small mirror with a handle.


hand glass

noun

  1. a magnifying glass with a handle
  2. a small mirror with a handle
  3. a small glazed frame for seedlings or plants
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hand glass1

First recorded in 1780–90
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But up to one-quarter of students about the same age going to the University of Oxford, UK, relied on a hand glass or spectacles1.

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I gave her the bowl of powder, the rouge compact, and the lipstick, and she put away the cards and took up the hand glass from the table by her side.

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It is well known that examinations with such a hand glass will not determine whether so-called fine matt checking is taking place, but it will determine whether checking has appeared to any marked extent.

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Miss King gave her a hand glass before replying.

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"What do you think of yourself now?" and she placed a hand glass before her.

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