Crossword clues for spectacles
spectacles
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"glass lenses to help a person's sight," early 15c., from plural of spectacle. Earlier in singular form (late 14c.).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (plural of spectacle English) 2 (context plural only formal English) A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.
WordNet
n. optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision [syn: specs, eyeglasses, glasses]
Usage examples of "spectacles".
The print was small and blurred, and to read it more easily he got his steel-rimmed spectacles out of his pocket and put them on.
Septimus, from force of habit, groped in his pocket for his spectacles but was now awake enough to realise that this was not the time to wear them.
He swung round to scowl at the third midshipman, an undersized youngster who was peering through steel-rimmed spectacles at some pencilled calculations he had been making.
As for Septimus, he took off his spectacles and put them into their case, trying hard not to show his dismay.
SEPTIMUS QUINN peered through his spectacles at the chart which lay open on the table.
Septimus, who had gone rather red, adjusted his spectacles and concentrated his attention on the excellent advice of the Reverend Theophilus.
Quinn, who had put on his spectacles to examine the casing, took them off again and frowned at them.
He put on his spectacles and pored over the chart, trying to estimate what position his ship had reached.
As for Septimus, he had arrayed himself in the black Court costume and a dark moustache and imperial, adding to this his spectacles to give him confidence and disguise him still more.
Luxurious entertainments, midnight dances, and licentious spectacles, present at once temptation and opportunity to female frailty.
The oldest of the citizens, recollecting the spectacles of former days, the triumphal pomp of Probus or Aurelian, and the secular games of the emperor Philip, acknowledged that they were all surpassed by the superior magnificence of Carinus.
The spectacles of Carinus may therefore be best illustrated by the observation of some particulars, which history has condescended to relate concerning those of his predecessors.
The public spectacles were an essential part of the cheerful devotion of the Pagans, and the gods were supposed to accept, as the most grateful offering, the games that the prince and people celebrated in honor of their peculiar festivals.
The provincial governors and magistrates who presided in the public spectacles were usually inclined to gratify the inclinations, and to appease the rage, of the people, by the sacrifice of a few obnoxious victims.
But the remains of his strength were exhausted by the painful effort which he made to assist at the spectacles of the morning.