Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Glass suited for making spectacles; optical glass.
- n. A lens of the kind or form used in spectacles.
- n. A field-glass; a telescope.
Examples
“Uncle Henry looked at her attentively as she talked, eyeing her sidewise over the top of one spectacle-glass.”
“Uncle Henry looked at her, eyeing her sidewise over the top of one spectacle-glass.”
“Uncle Henry looked at her, eying her sidewise over the top of one spectacle-glass.”
“Uncle Henry looked at her, eying her sidewise over the top of one spectacle-glass Frontispiece”
“That's right," said Mrs. Simmons, with a happy tear under each spectacle-glass.”
“Germans do call a spectacle-glass (or pair of spectacles) a Brill.”
“This man and his hearers," said the angel, "possess the true spectacle-glass, to see the things which pertain to their peace, but they lack now in their old age, a very essential matter which is called perfect love.”
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