Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of binocular telescope in the form of a large operaglass, provided with a case slung from a strap, so that it can be conveniently carried. These glasses are used especially by military men and tourists.
- noun A small achromatic telescope, usually from 20 to 24 inches long, and having from 3 to 6 joints of the kind known as telescopic.
- noun That one of the two lenses forming the eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or of a compound microscope which is the nearer to the object-glass, the other being the eye-glass. Also called
field-lens .
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Examples
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I did not indulge in this confidence, however; for, with the excellent field-glass I had, I could distinctly see long columns of French troops moving to their right, for the apparent purpose of making a vigorous fight on that flank; and I thought it more than likely that their artillery would be heard from before the Germans could gain the coveted ridge.
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This caused a halt, and having hurriedly re-capped our guns and six-shooters, thus preparing for the worst, I took a look at the band through my field-glass.
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The Emperor had been the first, as early as mid-day, to descry with his field-glass, on the extreme horizon, something which had attracted his attention.
Les Miserables 2008
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The Prince had gone a little way off and was scrutinising the distant heights through his field-glass.
The War in the Air Herbert George 2006
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I had a field-glass with me, and, looking round, I saw his hat as he was walking inside the walls of the circus in the direction towards the city.
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In the gully where the Tugwell boats were built, behind a fringe of rough longshore growth, young Carne had been sitting with a good field-glass, observing the practice of the battery.
Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004
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“I see,” said this individual, who wore sporting clothes of the most attractive pattern, and had a field-glass strung over his shoulder, “that you did not get over to our little entertainment last evening.”
Sister Carrie 2004
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But they have this mark of their own that at each of them stands a figure with a pair of eyes, or at least with a field-glass, which forms, again and again, for observation, a unique instrument, insuring to the person making use of it an impression distinct from every other.
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Taking up the powerful field-glass which he was accustomed to use in his surveying operations, he proceeded to investigate more carefully the luminous orb.
Off on a Comet 2003
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I reckon some people ashore saw it all; for there's Judge Colon's auto, standing up yonder; and they've got their field-glass leveled this way.
Fred Fenton on the Crew or, The Young Oarsmen of Riverport School Allen Chapman
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