ground-glass

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English

Noun

ground-glass (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of ground glass
    • 1888, Henry James, A London Life:
      It was the hand of a master that Laura seemed to see in her face, the witty expression of which shone like a lamp through the ground-glass of her good breeding; nature was always an artist, but not so much of an artist as that.