hand glass

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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

And when at the end of his inventions the leader fell back on the hand glass and the cushion, Mildred refused dance after dance.

From Celibates by Moore, George (George Augustus)

“It is like this,” said the little scientist, as he pulled up a blade of grass, and examined it under a powerful hand glass to see if any strange insects might be crawling on it.

From Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam by Young, Clarence

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 Gardner, Henry A.

Miss King gave her a hand glass before replying.

From Polly's Senior Year at Boarding School by Whitehill, Dorothy