"Speculum" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Lat Mirror or looking-giass. The title of several of the most ancient law-books or compilations, one of the ancient Icelandic books is styled “Speculum Regale”
A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings
of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal
portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the
adult male than in the female.
An instrument for dilating certain passages of the body,
and throwing light within them, thus facilitating examination or
surgical operations.
A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror,
as in Greek and Roman archaeology.
A reflector of polished metal, especially one used in
reflecting telescopes. See Speculum metal, below.
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It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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A grizzled old man was eating in a truck stop when three Hell's Angels' bikers walked in. The first walked up to the old man, pushed his cigarette into the old man's pie and then took a seat at the counter. The second walked up to the old man, spat into the old man's milk and then he too took a seat at the counter. The third walked up to the old man, turned over the old man's plate, and then he took a seat at the counter. Without a word of protest, the old man quietly left the diner. Shortly thereafter, one of the bikers said to the waitress, "Humph, not much of a man, was he?" The waitress replied, "Not much of a truck driver either, he just backed his big-rig over three motorcycles."
An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is …
Read the complete definitionA concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of telescopes.
Read the complete definitionA speculum for examining a natural passage, as the urethra.
Read the complete definitionSee Speculum.
Read the complete definitionA looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light.
Read the complete definitionSomething having a polished surface for reflecting light or heat, as a mirror, a speculum, etc.
Read the complete definitionThe art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a …
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Read the complete definitionHaving the qualities of a speculum, or mirror; having a smooth, reflecting surface; as, a specular metal; a specular surface.
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum; as, a specular examination.
Read the complete definitionAny one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion. The …
Read the complete definitionAn elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable …
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