"burning-glass" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 2, member 2, subsection ii:",
          "text": "The more he sees her, the worse he is, uritque videndo; as in a burning-glass the sunbeams are re-collected to a centre, the rays of love are projected from her eyes.",
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          "ref": "1858, R M Ballantyne, The Coral Island:",
          "text": "Our burning-glass also now became a great treasure, as it enabled me to magnify, and so perceive more clearly […].",
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          "ref": "1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 207:",
          "text": "The Vestal fire was rekindled by sunlight reflected from a burning-glass.",
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        "A magnifying lens, as used to focus sunlight on to an object."
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        "(dated) A magnifying lens, as used to focus sunlight on to an object."
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