glasses en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡlæsɪz/ (US)
- /ˈɡlɑːsɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɡlasɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (UK) audio
Meanings
- (plural, plural-only) Spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes.
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(form-of, plural) plural of glass
form of glass
Ladies are usually conveyed about Calcutta, or any where for short distances, in a kind of palanquin, called a boҫhah... Its deep shape, and its seat, much resemble the [English sedan chair]; but having two doors, one on each side, with one window in front, as well as a small one behind, all furnished with Venetians and glasses, give it, in those respects, some claim to alliance with the [chariot].
1810, Thomas Williamson, East India Vade-Mecum..., page 323:
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(plural, plural-only) Field glasses; binoculars.
He had his Zeiss glasses in his hand. "I focused it before it got over the trees," said he.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:They went down as close to the shore as they dared and put their glasses on her.
1954, Ian Fleming, “Beau Desert”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 196:
Deriveds
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Relateds
Synonyms
biopticon (spectacles) · specs (spectacles) · eyeglasses (spectacles)