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watch-glass

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watch-glass
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Horology) a curved glass disc that covers the dial of a watch
2. (Chemistry) a similarly shaped piece of glass used in laboratories for evaporating small samples of a solution, etc.
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watch-glass
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When my father was taken to see me in an incubator he joked with the nurse that he'd pop home to fetch his watch-glass in order to have a look at me.
 
 
 
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