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monocle
(encz) | monocle,monokl n: Zdeněk Brož |
Monocle
(gcide) | Monocle \Mon"o*cle\, n. [F. See Monocular.]
An eyeglass for one eye. --Simmonds.
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monocle
(gcide) | 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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monocle
(wn) | monocle
n 1: lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in
place by facial muscles [syn: monocle, eyeglass] |
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monocled
(encz) | monocled,s monoklem Zdeněk Brož |
bespectacled monocled spectacled
(gcide) | decorated \decorated\ adj.
having decorations. [Narrower terms: {beaded, beady,
bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled,
sequined, spangled, spangly}; bedaubed; {bespectacled,
monocled, spectacled}; braided; {brocaded, embossed,
raised}; buttony; carbuncled; {champleve, cloisonne,
enameled}; crested, plumed having a decorative plume);
crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted; crested;
embellished, ornamented, ornate; embroidered; {encircled,
ringed, wreathed}; {fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked
out}; feathery, feathered, plumy; {frilled, frilly,
ruffled}; fringed; gilt-edged; inflamed; inlaid;
inwrought; laced; mosaic, tessellated; {paneled,
wainscoted}; studded; tapestried; tasseled, tasselled;
tufted; clinquant, tinseled, tinselly; tricked-out]
Also See: clothed, fancy. Antonym: unadorned.
Syn: adorned.
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Monocle
(gcide) | Monocle \Mon"o*cle\, n. [F. See Monocular.]
An eyeglass for one eye. --Simmonds.
[1913 Webster]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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monocled
(wn) | monocled
adj 1: wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or
an eyeglass; "a bespectacled grandmother"; "the monocled
gentleman" [syn: bespectacled, monocled,
spectacled] |
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