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• hourglass — 1510s, from HOUR (Cf. hour) + GLASS (Cf. glass). Used 19c. in a variety of technical and scientific senses to describe the shape; reference to women s bodies is attested by 1897. Men condemn corsets in the abstract, and are sometimes brave enough …   Etymology dictionary

• waist — ► NOUN 1) the part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips. 2) a narrow part in the middle of something such as a violin or hourglass. DERIVATIVES waisted adjective. ORIGIN probably from an Old English word related to WAX(Cf. ↑waxer) …   English terms dictionary

• Hourglass corset — The hourglass corset produces a silhouette resembling the hourglass shape: wide bottom, narrow waist (wasp waist), wide top.HistoryThe first fashions worn with hourglass corsets, around 1830, emphasized width they tended to have very wide skirts …   Wikipedia

• Waist cincher — A short corset, 1860, of one part. A waist cincher (sometimes referred to as a Waspie) is a belt worn around the waist to make the wearer s waist physically smaller, or to create the illusion of being smaller. Contents 1 …   Wikipedia

• Hourglass — For other uses, see Hourglass (disambiguation). Hourglass in a three legged stand An hourglass (sandglass, sand timer, sand clock, egg timer) measures the passage of a few minutes or an hour of time. It has two connected vertical glass bulbs… …   Wikipedia

• Hourglass (disambiguation) — An hourglass is a device for measuring time. The word may also refer to one of the following:Music* Hourglass drum, or waisted drumBands* The Hour Glass, a 1960s R B band, featuring two later members of the Allman Brothers Band, Duane and Gregg… …   Wikipedia

• Waist — The waist is the part of the abdomen between the rib cage and hips. On proportionate people, the waist is the narrowest part of the torso.Waistline refers to the horizontal line where the waist is narrowest, or to the general appearance of the… …   Wikipedia

• waist — n. 1 a the part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips, usu. of smaller circumference than these; the narrower middle part of the normal human figure. b the circumference of this. 2 a similar narrow part in the middle of a violin,… …   Useful english dictionary

• hourglass — hour|glass [ˈauəgla:s US ˈaurglæs] n ↑hourglass, ↑sand 1.) a glass container for measuring time in which sand moves slowly from the top half to the bottom in exactly one hour →↑egg timer 2.) hourglass figure a woman who has an hourglass figure… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• hourglass — noun (C) 1 a glass container for measuring time in which sand moves slowly from the top half to the bottom in exactly one hour 2 hourglass figure a woman who has an hourglass figure has a narrow waist in comparison with her chest and hips …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• hourglass — /oweur glas , glahs , ow euhr /, n. 1. an instrument for measuring time, consisting of two bulbs of glass joined by a narrow passage through which a quantity of sand or mercury runs in just an hour. adj. 2. having a notably slim or narrow waist,… …   Universalium