hand glass
Example Sentences
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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.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
The checking of each panel was determined by examining with a small high-power hand glass magnifying fifteen diameters.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner
Pancha took up a hand glass and turning her back to him studied her profile in the mirror.
From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Geraldine Bonner
Mrs. Verne picked up the ivory-backed hand glass within her reach, and looking into its depths, exclaimed, "Mrs. Verne, of St. John, New Brunswick—not exactly beautiful, but a pretty and fascinating woman."
From Marguerite Verne by Rebecca Agatha Armour
An ordinary hand glass will show how it bears perithecia in all its parts.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
