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spyglass

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spy·glass  (spgls)
n.
1. A small telescope.
2. A pair of binoculars. Often used in the plural.
spyglass [ˈspaɪˌglɑːs]
n
(Engineering / Tools) a small telescope
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.spyglassspyglass - a small refracting telescope        
field glass, glass
refracting telescope - optical telescope that has a large convex lens that produces an image that is viewed through the eyepiece
Translations
spyglass [ˈspaɪglɑːs] N → catalejo m
spyglass [ˈspaɪˌglɑːs] n → cannocchiale m
spyglass [ˈspaɪˌglɑːs] n → cannocchiale m


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I saw a long spyglass lying on a desk in one of the upper-deck state-rooms back of the pilot-house and reached after it--there was a ship in the distance.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Early in the morning of the twelfth of June he came out of his tent, which was pitched that day on the steep left bank of the Niemen, and looked through a spyglass at the streams of his troops pouring out of the Vilkavisski forest and flowing over the three bridges thrown across the river.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
BY and by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
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