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burning glass |
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burning glass a convex lens for concentrating the sun's rays into a small area to produce heat or fire burning glass [′bər·niŋ ‚glas] (optics) A converging lens used to produce intense heat by converging the rays of the sun on a small area. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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We were silent again, and, in a few seconds it must have been, a live grief beyond words--not ghostly dread or horror, but aching, helpless grief--overwhelmed us, each, I felt, according to his or her nature, and held steady like the beam of a burning glass. Having feasted, ready to depart with a hind-quarter of the pig in his hand, he deliberately fired the grass thatch of a house with his burning glass. |
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