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Definition: BINOCLE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double-barreled field glass or an opera glass.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Binocle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1681. (references)

Etymology:Binocle \Bin"o*cle\, noun. [French expression binocle; Latin bini two at time oculus eye.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: BINOCLE

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] A dioptric telescope,fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: BINOCLE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double-barreled field glass or an opera glass.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "BINOCLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1681. (references)

Etymology:Binocle \Bin"o*cle\, noun. [French expression binocle; Latin bini two at time oculus eye.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: BINOCLE

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Noun] A dioptric telescope,fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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