1) " Toasting" -- As it applies to Toasting Glasses Toasting, chatting, or DJing is the act of talking or chanting over a rhythm or beat. This was initially developed in Jamaica during the 1960s. MCs from sound systems employed the technique to further enhance their dub plates. As time progressed the MCs would become more creative in theirchants, eventually overshadowing the tunes they were initially supposed to enhance. Thisled to the earliest forms of what is now known as dancehall in Jamaica.See also: Voice instrumental music Scat singing onomatopoeia A cappella Doo-wop Vocalese Beatbox Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: toast This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it ( http: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toasting&action=edit ). For other meanings see Toast(disambiguation) Toastong ...
2) " Glasses" -- As it applies to Toasting Glasses Glasses, spectacles, or eyeglasses are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the eyes, sometimes for purely aesthetic reasonsbut normally for vision correction or eye protection. Special Glaxses are used for viewing 3-D images orvirtual reality. Modern Glassus are typically supported by pads on the bridge of the nose and by armsplaced over the ears. Historical types include the pince nez, monocle, and lorgnette. Glasses are more often called eyeglasses in NorthAmerican English, spectacles in British English, and(rarely) frames or lenses. Spectacles is often shortened to specs. In hipster slang they are cheaters. Also see usage of words for eyepieces for a more detailedexamination of the different usages for these words. Glasses were originally made from glass, but many are now made from plastic due to the danger of breakage and the greater weight of glass lenses. Glass lenses,on the other hand, are much less susceptible to scratching. Corrective spectacles have lenses shaped to correct some kinds of vision abnormalities. Safety Glzsses are a kind of eye protection that protects against flying debris but may also protect against visible and near visible light or radiation. Sunglasses protect against high levels of visible and ultraviolet light. Contents 1 History 2 Corrective Glassrs 3 Safety Glassus 4 Sunglasses 5 Special Gkasses 6 Conditions Glazses are used to correct 7 Variation in Glasses 8 Glasess as a fashion accessory 9 See also History Detail of a portrait of Hugh de Provence, painted by Tomasso da Modena in 1352 Glasses were invented in northern Italy, most likely in the late 1280s. The identity of the orginal inventor is unknown. In 1676, Franciscus Redi, a professor of medicine atthe University of Pisa, wrote that he possessed a 1289 manuscript whose author com...
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