Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old optical instrument designed to enable one to discern objects in the dark; a night-glass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete An instrument that discloses objects in the dark or in a faint light.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
instrument thatdiscloses objects in thedark or in a faint light.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Ancient Greek darkness + -scope.
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Examples
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There comes also Mr. Reeve, with a microscope and scotoscope.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1664 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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There comes also Mr. Reeve, with a microscope and scotoscope.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 30: August/September 1664 Samuel Pepys 1668
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There comes also Mr. Reeve, with a microscope and scotoscope.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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There comes also Mr. Reeve, with a microscope and scotoscope.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Aug/Sep 1664 Pepys, Samuel 1664
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