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Monocle \Mon"o*cle\, n. [F. See {Monocular}.]
An eyeglass for one eye. --Simmonds.
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Eyeglass \Eye"glass`\, n.
1. A lens of glass worn in front of the eye to assist vision;
-- usually used in the plural, referring to a pair of
lenses fixed together in a frame, and worn resting on the
bridge of the nose, to improve the vision. A single
eyeglass in a frame is called a {monocle}.
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2. Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc.
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3. The retina. [Poetic]
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4. A glass eyecup. See {Eyecup}.
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