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A glass with a number of facets, causing an object to appear multiplied many times.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1694, N.H., The Ladies Dictionary, London: John Dunton, p. 95, [...] ten to one but a Lady gets an Enemy when she refuses a Lover—who is generally so unreasonable an Animal, that he does not consider, One poor Woman can suffice at once but for one Man; whereas if a Fam’d Beauty, or Fortune, she can never content all Pretenders—unless she had as many Bodies as she has Faces when she looks in a Multiplying Glass.
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Synonyms: polyscope
Antonyms: none provided
A magnifying glass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
- 1631, Ben Jonson, The New Inn, London: Thomas Alchorne, Act I, Scene 1, poring through a multiplying glasse, / Vpon a captiu’d crab-louse, or a cheese-mite / To be dissected, as the sports of nature, / With a neat Spanish needle
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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