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

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.

They are iron if one touch them with a faltering hand, glass if you brush them with a strong arm.

From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de

I study my profile with a hand glass, getting the double reflection.

From Possessed by Moffett, Cleveland

Miss King gave her a hand glass before replying.

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