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storm glass

noun

  1. a sealed tube containing a solution supposed to change in appearance according to the weather
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“We designed this facility to withstand a 100-year, 24-hour storm,†Glass said.

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Storm′fulness; Storm′-glass, a tube containing a solution of camphor, the amount of the precipitate varying with the weather; Storm′-house, a temporary shelter for men working on a railway, &c.;

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The mixture of the storm glass was decomposed under the influence of the electricity that pervaded the atmosphere.

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