The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quizzing glass
Quiz \Quiz\ (kw[i^]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quizzed (kw[i^]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Quizzing (kw[i^]z"z[i^]ng).]
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To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room.
--Thackeray. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n.,
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[U.S.]
Quizzing glass, a small eyeglass.
Wiktionary
quizzing glass
n. (context dated English) A monocle.