burning-glass

English

burning-glass (plural burning-glasses)

(dated) A magnifying lens, as used to focus sunlight on to an object.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition III, section 2, member 2, subsection ii:
  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.
- 1858, R M Ballantyne, The Coral Island:
  Our burning-glass also now became a great treasure, as it enabled me to magnify, and so perceive more clearly […].

单词	burning-glass
释义	burning-glass English Pronunciation (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbəːnɪŋɡlɑːs/ Noun burning-glass (plural burning-glasses) (dated) A magnifying lens, as used to focus sunlight on to an object. 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition III, section 2, member 2, subsection ii: 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. 1858, R M Ballantyne, The Coral Island: Our burning-glass also now became a great treasure, as it enabled me to magnify, and so perceive more clearly […].
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