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Polemoscope

Polemoscope \Po*lem"o*scope\, n. [Gr. ? war + -scope: cf. F. pol['e]moscope.] An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects that do not lie directly before the eye; -- called also diagonal opera glass, or side opera glass.

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polemoscope

n. An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects that do not lie directly before the eye.

Usage examples of "polemoscope".

In June, Casanova composed for the theater of Princess Clari, at Teplitz, a piece entitled: 'Le Polemoscope ou la Calomnie demasquee par la presence d'esprit, tragicomedie en trois actes'.