magnifying glass
noun
a lens that produces an enlarged image of an object.
Compare hand lens.
Origin of magnifying glass
First recorded in 1655–65
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Historical Examples of magnifying glass
She had a magnifying-glass on one side of her and a crystal ball on the other.
The Twelfth HourAda Leverson
Now look at one of them carefully through this magnifying-glass.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural HistoryTheodore Wood
You might put that magnifying-glass down just for one moment, and pay attention!
A Likely StoryWilliam De Morgan
Hanaud took his magnifying-glass from his pocket and bent his head over the cushion.
At the Villa RoseA. E. W. Mason
He was examining a piece of china with a magnifying-glass when I entered.
Thomas Hardy's DorsetRobert Thurston Hopkins
magnifying glass
magnifier
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