"hand glass" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1787, William Curtis, editor, The Botanical Magazine, Volume 1, part 4",
          "text": "s it grows naturally in woods and shady places, it will thrive best in a mixture of bog-earth and loam placed in a north border; if planted in the open border, it will require to be covered with a hand-glass during winter, and in the spring, when in bloom",
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        "A small glassyd frame for the protection of plants."
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          "frame",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1918, Isabel Ostrander, The Island of Intrigue, Chapter 1",
          "text": "She laughed again, in a relieved way this time, as if her innocent vanity were appeased and reached for the silver handglass.\n\"You've no idea,\" she remarked, confidentially, \"what money will do for your appearance, when you're beginning to go off a little in looks.[…]\"",
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        "A small mirror with a handle."
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          "handle",
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  "word": "hand glass"
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          "ref": "1787, William Curtis, editor, The Botanical Magazine, Volume 1, part 4",
          "text": "s it grows naturally in woods and shady places, it will thrive best in a mixture of bog-earth and loam placed in a north border; if planted in the open border, it will require to be covered with a hand-glass during winter, and in the spring, when in bloom",
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        "A small glassyd frame for the protection of plants."
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          "frame"
        ],
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        ],
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          "ref": "1918, Isabel Ostrander, The Island of Intrigue, Chapter 1",
          "text": "She laughed again, in a relieved way this time, as if her innocent vanity were appeased and reached for the silver handglass.\n\"You've no idea,\" she remarked, confidentially, \"what money will do for your appearance, when you're beginning to go off a little in looks.[…]\"",
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