| 单词 | anaclastic glasses |
| 释义 | > as lemmasanaclastic glasses 2. Springing back with a crackling sound; as in anaclastic glasses (see quot.). ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Anaclastic glasses are a low kind of phials with flat bellies, resembling inverted funnels, whose bottoms are very thin..and..a little convex. But upon applying the mouth to the orifice, and gently..sucking out the air, the bottom gives way with a horrible crack, and of convex becomes concave. On the contrary upon.. breathing gently into the orifice, the bottom with no less noise bounds back to its former place. 1815 Encycl. Brit. II. 166 Anaclastic Glasses, a kind of sonorous phials or glasses, chiefly made in Germany. < as lemmas |
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