hand glass
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.74 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small glassyd frame for the protection of plants.
Example Sentences
- "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"
- ""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."
- "She laughed again, in a relieved way this time, as if her innocent vanity were appeased and reached for the silver handglass. "You've no idea," she remarked, confidentially, "what money will do for your appearance, when you're beginning to go off a little in looks.[…]""
- "The mirror was in shadow. She rubbed her handglass briskly on her woollen vest against her full wagging bub. Peering into it. Lines in her eyes. It wouldn’t pan out somehow."