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() A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape. |
Crystal
(n.) The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization. |
Crystal
(n.) The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like |
Crystal
(n.) A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint glass. |
Crystal
(n.) The glass over the dial of a watch case. |
Crystal
(n.) Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc. |
Crystal
(a.) Consisting of, or like, crystal |
Egg-glass
(n.) A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs |
Flint glass
() A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power |
Glass
(v. t.) A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament. |
Glass
(v. t.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion. |
Glass
(v. t.) Anything made of glass. |
Glass
(v. t.) A looking-glass |
Glass
(v. t.) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time |
Glass
(v. t.) A drinking vessel |
Glass
(v. t.) An optical glass |
Glass
(v. t.) A weatherglass |
Glass
(v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror |
Glass
(v. t.) To case in glass. |
Glass
(v. t.) To cover or furnish with glass |
Glass
(v. t.) To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher. |
Glass-crab
(n.) The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma. |
Glass-faced
(a.) Mirror-faced |
Glass-gazing
(a.) Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror |
Glass maker
(n.) Alt. of Glassmaker |
Glass-rope
(n.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together. |
Glass-snail
(n.) A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina. |
Glass-snake
(n.) A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States |
Glass-sponge
(n.) A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera |
Lady's looking-glass
() See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus. |
Looking-glass
(n.) A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver. |
Millefiore glass
() Slender rods or tubes of colored glass fused together and embedded in clear glass |
Muscovy glass
() Mica |
Watch
(v. i.) The act of watching |
Watch
(v. i.) One who watches, or those who watch |
Watch
(v. i.) The post or office of a watchman |
Watch
(v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard |
Watch
(v. i.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring. |
Watch
(n.) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch. |
Watch
(n.) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch. |
Watch
(v. i.) To be awake |
Watch
(v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant |
Watch
(v. i.) To be expectant |
Watch
(v. i.) To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant |
Watch
(v. i.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place |
Watch
(v. t.) To give heed to |
Watch
(v. t.) To tend |
Water glass
() See Soluble glass, under Glass. |
watch
vigil | a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe |
listening watch
continuous receiver watch | a watch established for the reception of traffic of interest to the unit maintaining the watch |
| vigil watch | the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) |
| watch night | a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve) |
glass lizard
glass snake
joint snake | snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail |
| glass sponge | a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae |
alcohol thermometer
alcohol-in-glass thermometer | thermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with changes in temperature |
| analog watch | a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial |
| beer glass | a relatively large glass for serving beer |
bell jar
bell glass | a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases |
| cheval glass | a full length mirror mounted in a frame in which it can be tilted |
clinical thermometer
mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer | a mercury thermometer designed to measure the temperature of the human body, graduated to cover a range a few degrees on either side of the normal body temperature |
cover glass
cover slip | a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide |
crystal
watch crystal
watch glass | a protective cover that protects the face of a watch |
| crystal | glassware made of quartz |
| crystal | a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices |
| crystal ball | a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers |
| crystal counter | a counter tube in which an ionizing event increases conductivity |
| crystal detector | a detector consisting of a fine wire in contact with a galena crystal, acts as a rectifier |
| crystal microphone | a microphone in which sound waves vibrate a piezoelectric crystal that generates a varying voltage |
crystal oscillator
quartz oscillator | an oscillator that produces electrical oscillations at a frequency determined by the physical characteristics of a piezoelectric quartz crystal |
| crystal pickup | a cartridge in which an output voltage is produced by the vibration of a piezoelectric crystal |
| crystal set | an early radio receiver using a crystal detector |
| cut glass | glass decorated by cutting or grinding facets |
| digital watch | a watch with a digital display |
diode
semiconductor diode
junction rectifier
crystal rectifier | a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction |
field glass
glass spyglass | a small refracting telescope |
flute flute glass
champagne flute | a tall narrow wineglass |
fob
watch chain
watch guard | short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest |
| fob watch pocket | a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch |
glass
drinking glass | a container for holding liquids while drinking |
| glass | glassware collectively, She collected old glass |
| glass cutter | a tool for cutting glass |
| glass eye | prosthesis consisting of an artificial eye made of glass |
hand glass
simple microscope
magnifying glass | light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image, the magnifying glass was invented by Roger Bacon in |
| hand glass hand mirror | a mirror intended to be held in the hand |
| highball glass | a tall glass for serving highballs |
hunter
hunting watch | a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal |
| jeweler's glass | an optical instrument used by jewelers, has one or more lenses and is used to view features not readily seen |
| liqueur glass | a small glass for serving a small amount of liqueur (typically after dinner) |
liquid crystal display
LCD | a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field, used for portable computer displays and watches etc. |
looking glass
glass | a mirror, usually a ladies' dressing mirror |
mercury thermometer
mercury-in-glass thermometer | thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit, mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube |
c methamphetamine
methamphetamine hydrochloride
Methedrine
meth
deoxyephedrine
chalk chicken feed
crank glass ice shabu
trash | an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride, used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant |
objective
objective lens
object lens
object glass | the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed |
optical fiber
glass fiber
optical fibre
glass fibre | a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light, used in bundles to transmit images |
pane
pane of glass
window glass | sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors |
| parfait glass | a tall slender glass with a short stem in which parfait is served |
| pendulum watch | (th century) a watch with a balance wheel having a fake pendulum attached to it |
pier glass
pier mirror | a large mirror between two windows |