Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A wineglass of colored glass, often used for white wines.

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Examples

  • The New Ironsides lies at one of the wharves, elephantine in bulk and color, her sides narrowing as they rise, like the walls of a hock-glass.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Various

  • The New Ironsides lies at one of the wharves, elephantine in bulk and color, her sides narrowing as they rise, like the walls of a hock-glass.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • The New Ironsides lies at one of the wharves, elephantine in bulk and color, her sides narrowing as they rise, like the walls of a hock-glass.

    Pages from an Old Volume of Life; a collection of essays, 1857-1881 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • 'I suppose the world thinks me a very happy fellow, Miss Lake?' he said, with a rather pensive glance of enquiry into that young lady's eyes, as he set down his hock-glass.

    Wylder's Hand Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

  • There is an excellent pate, and my friends are kind enough to say that my Rhine wine is better than any they get at the German Embassy, 'and before Lord Arthur had got over his surprise at being recognised, he found himself seated in the back - room, sipping the most delicious Marcobrunner out of a pale yellow hock-glass marked with the Imperial monogram, and chatting in the friendliest manner possible to the famous conspirator.

    Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories Oscar Wilde 1877

  • Lake?’ he said, with a rather pensive glance of enquiry into that young lady’s eyes, as he set down his hock-glass.

    Wylder's Hand 2003

  • There is an excellent pate, and my friends are kind enough to say that my Rhine wine is better than any they get at the German Embassy, "and before Lord Arthur had got over his surprise at being recognized, he found himself seated in the back-room, sipping the most delicious Marcobrunner out of a pale yellow hock-glass marked with the Imperial monogram and chatting in the friendliest manner possible to the famous conspirator.

    Lord Arthur Savile's Crime 1909

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