moment-glass

Updated: May 15, 2025

"Is a wholesome boat, whose abilities I have taken, to the admeasurement of her moment-glass;" observed Tiller, very coolly taking the words out of the other's mouth. "But as there is business to be done with the Skimmer, we will speak more of this anon."

James Fenimore Cooper - The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas