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[syn: monocle, eyeglass]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Monocle \Mon"o*cle\, n. [F. See Monocular.]
An eyeglass for one eye. --Simmonds.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Eyeglass \Eye"glass`\, n.
1. A lens of glass worn in front of the eye to assist vision;
-- usually used in the plural, referring to a pair of
lenses fixed together in a frame, and worn resting on the
bridge of the nose, to improve the vision. A single
eyeglass in a frame is called a monocle.
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2. Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc.
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3. The retina. [Poetic]
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4. A glass eyecup. See Eyecup.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
monocle
n 1: lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in
place by facial muscles [syn: monocle, eyeglass]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "monocle":
Polaroid glasses, bifocals, blinkers, cheaters, colored glasses,
contact lens, dark glasses, divided spectacles, eyeglass,
eyeglasses, glasses, goggles, granny glasses, harlequin glasses,
horn-rimmed glasses, lorgnette, lorgnon, mini-specs, nippers,
pair of glasses, peepers, quizzing glass, readers, reading glasses,
shades, specs, spectacles, sun-specs, sunglasses, trifocals