Hand glass

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small glassyd frame for the protection of plants.

    "s it grows naturally in woods and shady places, it will thrive best in a mixture of bog-earth and loam placed in a north border; if planted in the open border, it will require to be covered with a hand-glass during winter, and in the spring, when in bloom"

  2. 2
    light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image wordnet
  3. 3
    A small mirror with a handle.

    ""Oh, thank you. I love to fix people's hair," exulted Pollyanna, carefully laying down the hand-glass and reaching for a comb. "I sha'n't do much to-day, of course—I'm in such a hurry for you to see how pretty you are; but some day I'm going to take it all down and have a perfectly lovely time with it," she cried, touching with soft fingers the waving hair above the sick woman's forehead."

  4. 4
    a mirror intended to be held in the hand wordnet

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