| 单词 | finger glass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfinger glass finger glass n. (a) a small glass containing water, used to rinse the fingers and sometimes the mouth at the end of a meal; cf. finger bowl n.; †(b) (in plural) a musical instrument formed of an arrangement of glasses of different sizes each of which produces a different note when the tip of a moistened finger is rubbed around the rim; cf. harmonica n. 1a, glass harmonica n. at glass n.1 Additions (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > finger-bowl water glass1766 finger glass1789 gemellion1889 finger bowl1895 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > other musical instruments > [noun] > musical glasses musical glasses1761 glass1762 harmonica1762 finger glass1789 harmonicon1825 glassichord1835 1789 J. Christie Catal. Houshold Furnit. Duchess of Kingston 29 4 cut sweetmeat glasses, 17 ditto jelly glasses and 40 cut finger glasses. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. xv. 296 She was meditating much upon silver forks, napkins, and finger glasses . View more context for this quotation 1868 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 167 Madle. Vogt [played] the finger-glasses (Mattauphône), and certainly that instrument is chromatically more perfect than the violin. 2000 S. von Drachenfels Art of Table vii. 102 From the finger glass, a sip or two of water was taken, swished around in the mouth, and spat into the saucer... The water that remained in the glass was used to rinse the fingers. < as lemmas |
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