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Definition of Crystal ball
1. Noun. A glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers.
Definition of Crystal ball
1. Noun. A globe of glass or crystal used to foretell the future. ¹
2. Noun. (by extension, used mostly in the negative form) A way of seeing into the future. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crystal Ball
Literary usage of Crystal ball
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1879)
"DIVINATION BY CRYSTALS (5th 5 x. 496.)—An early description of the use of a
crystal ball for divination may be seen in A Relation of what passed for ..."
2. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1910)
"crystal ball, engraved with the zodiac upon a field of lapis- lazuli. The whole
composition produced an indescribably fine effect; ..."
3. Later Leaves: Being the Further Reminiscences of Montagu Williams by Montagu Stephen Williams (1891)
"... the jewellery—"Sister Bertie,"and " Brother Willie " — Spirit - rappings —
The dead woman's temptation—What Mrs. Fletcher saw in the crystal ball—Tin; ..."
4. The River of Golden Sand: The Narrative of a Journey Through China and by William John Gill, Henry Yule (1880)
"Prefect of an inferior department, and wears a clear crystal ball. ... An Officer
of the Fifth Cla?t, And wears a clear crystal ball. CHIEN-TSUNG. ..."
5. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1851)
"Scorn not the crystal ball, a worth it owns, Greater than graven Erythrean stones ;
Rude though it seems, a formless mass of ice, 'Tis justly counted ..."
6. The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance by Lucas Malet (1901)
"CHAPTER V TELLING HOW QUEEN MARY'S crystal ball CAME TO FALL ON THE GALLERY
FLOOR ' I ''HIS world is unquestionably a vastly stimulating and entertaining ..."
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