Word Meanings - SPYGLASS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.

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• DISTANT
  stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See 1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. One board had two tenons, equally distant. Ex. xxxvi. 22. Diana's temple is not distant far. Shak. 2. Far separated;
• SMALLISH
  Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
• DISTANTIAL
  Distant. More distantial from the eye. W. Montagu.
• SMALLCLOTHES
  A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
• SMALLPOX
  A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick
• TELESCOPE BAG
  An adjustable traveling bag consisting of two cases, the larger slipping over the other.
• SMALL
  sm$l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr. 1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity
• VIEWLESS
  Not perceivable by the eye; invisible; unseen. "Viewless winds." Shak. Swift through the valves the visionary fair Repassed, and viewless mixed with common air. Pope.
• SMALLAGE
  A biennial umbelliferous plant native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery.
• SMALLY
  In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness. Ascham.
• VIEWINESS
  The quality or state of being viewy, or of having unpractical views.
• VIEWLY; VIEWSOME
  Pleasing to the sight; sightly.
• TERRESTRIAL
  1. Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals. "Bodies terrestrial." 1 Cor. xv. 40. 2. Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe. "The dark terrestrial ball." Addison. 3. Of or
• SMALLNESS
  The quality or state of being small.
• VIEWY
  1. Having peculiar views; fanciful; visionary; unpractical; as, a viewy person. 2. Spectacular; pleasing to the eye or the imagination. A government intent on showy absurdities and viewy enterprises rather than solid work. London Spectator.
• SMALLS
  See 3
• DISTANTLY
  At a distance; remotely; with reserve.
• VIEWER
  A person appointed to inspect highways, fences, or the like, and to report upon the same. 3. The superintendent of a coal mine. (more info) 1. One who views or examines.
• SMALLSWORD
  A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.
• TELESCOPE
  An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies. Note: A telescope assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first, by enlarging the visual angle under which a distant object is seen, and thus magnifying that object; and,
• SELF-VIEW
  A view if one's self; specifically, carefulness or regard for one's own interests
• COUNTERVIEW
  1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx.
• REVIEW
  Etym: 1. To view or see again; to look back on "I shall review Sicilia." Shak. 2. To go over and examine critically or deliberately. Specifically: To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition. To go
• DISMALLY
  In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
• REVIEWABLE
  Capable of being reviewed.
• EQUIDISTANT
  Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing. -- E`qui*dis"tant*ly, adv. Sir T. Browne.
• WATER TELESCOPE
  1. A telescope in which the medium between the objective and the eye piece is water instead of air, used in some experiments in aberration. 2. A telescope devised for looking into a body of water.
• UNDERVIEWER
  See UNDERLOOKER
• PURVIEW
  The limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of its intention or provisions. Marshall. Profanations within the purview of several statutes. Bacon. 2. Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent. In determining the extent of information required
• REVIEWER
  One who reviews or reëxamines; an inspector; one who examines publications critically, and publishes his opinion upon their merits; a professional critic of books.
• INTERVIEWING
  The act or custom of holding an interview or interviews. An article on interviewing in the "Nation" of January 28, 1869, . . . was the first formal notice of the practice under that name. The American.
• OVERVIEW
  An inspection or overlooking. Shak.