Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A graduated glass vessel used by chemists, pharmacists, and others for measuring fluids.
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Examples
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Picked it up to throw out of the open port, threw out the measuring-glass instead — then I released my voice.
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The surgeon poured some water into a measuring-glass, inserted the needle and pulled back the piston.
The Nursing Home Murder Marsh, Ngaio, 1899-1982 1963
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Now, as if challenged and challenging, he drew the smaller measuring-glass toward him with one hand.
The Combined Maze May Sinclair 1904
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And as he said it he possessed himself very gently of the measuring-glass and bottle.
The Combined Maze May Sinclair 1904
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Picked it up to throw out of the open port, threw out the measuring-glass instead -- then I released my voice.
Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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Picked it up to throw out of the open port, threw out the measuring-glass instead -- then I released my voice.
Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume II, Part 2: 1886-1900 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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Remembered my tonic -- first time in 3 months without being told -- poured it into measuring-glass, held bottle in one hand, it in the other, the cork in my teeth
Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume II, Part 2: 1886-1900 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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Remembered my tonic -- first time in 3 months without being told -- poured it into measuring-glass, held bottle in one hand, it in the other, the cork in my teeth
Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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It did not escape me that on the table stood two small bottles sealed and labelled, together with a little measuring-glass.
Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti Hall Caine 1892
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In this dilemma he chose a medium course, with aromatic spirits of ammonia, and mixing a diluted quantity in a measuring-glass, poured it between her white lips.
Under the Redwoods Bret Harte 1869
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