spyglass
a small telescope.
Origin of spyglass
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How to use spyglass in a sentence
Tuning in to interstellar radio waves for the first time was akin to Galileo pointing a modified spyglass at the stars centuries earlier — we could see things in the sky we’d never seen before.
How radio astronomy put new eyes on the cosmos | Christopher Crockett | August 31, 2021 | Science NewsAfter a few moments, and with Frane's aid, Russ Bunker got the wooden spyglass focused on the proper point.
Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's | Laura Lee HopeOld Mrs. Bounderby h'isted the gold-mounted double spyglass she had slung round her neck and took an observation.
Cape Cod Stories | Joseph C. LincolnFritz remained by me while I examined the object through my spyglass.
The Swiss Family Robinson | Johann David WyssA preventive man (as the revenue officers are called), with his spyglass under his arm, passed him.
The Ferryman of Brill | William H. G. Kingston
Now, though, his thoughts were taken up by the problem of getting away unobserved by the spyglass man.
The Heritage of the Hills | Arthur P. Hankins
British Dictionary definitions for spyglass
/ (ˈspaɪˌɡlɑːs) /
a small telescope
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