spyglassn.

Forms: Also spy-glass.

Etymology: < spy v. + glass n.¹ 10. Compare spying-glass n.

1. A telescope; a field-glass.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun]

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prospective glass1616

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prospectivea1635

prospect1639

spying-glass1682

spyglass1707

1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 11 He's never without a swinging large Spye-glass.

1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 227 Turning the little end of a spy-glass, it appeared something like the ruins of Palmyra.

1814 W. Scott Diary 31 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. viii. 252 The whole, as seen with a spyglass, seems ruinous.

1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxi. 147 A telescope, or spy-glass, as sailors generally call them.

1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 50 Here with a spy~glass one may discern the entrance to Dirk Hatterick's cave.

2. dialect. An eye-glass.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > magnifying glass

magnifying glass1646

magnifier1665

hand glass1676

augmenter1703

spying-glass1767

eyeglass1768

power1854

spyglass1883

1883 R. Cleland Inchbracken xi. 86 I have lost my gold spy-glass, something has caught the chain and broken it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	spyglass
释义	spyglassn. Forms: Also spy-glass. Etymology: < spy v. + glass n.¹ 10. Compare spying-glass n. 1. A telescope; a field-glass. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] glass1616 prospective glass1616 prospect-glass1617 prospectivea1635 prospect1639 spying-glass1682 spyglass1707 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 11 He's never without a swinging large Spye-glass. 1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 227 Turning the little end of a spy-glass, it appeared something like the ruins of Palmyra. 1814 W. Scott Diary 31 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. viii. 252 The whole, as seen with a spyglass, seems ruinous. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxi. 147 A telescope, or spy-glass, as sailors generally call them. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 50 Here with a spy~glass one may discern the entrance to Dirk Hatterick's cave. 2. dialect. An eye-glass. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > magnifying glass magnifying glass1646 magnifier1665 hand glass1676 augmenter1703 spying-glass1767 eyeglass1768 power1854 spyglass1883 1883 R. Cleland Inchbracken xi. 86 I have lost my gold spy-glass, something has caught the chain and broken it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1707
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