![]() ![]() I'm all about big spectacles when proposing, however this chubby little vigilantly is the worst spider man ever. Murder trial tainted by media spectacle next door. While it may not have been the spectacle over Ocean County that it was in New York City, lucky crowds got once in a lifetime glimpses of an American Icon. Interesting spectacle or slow-moving disaster. WASHINGTON - Think Muhammad Ali near the end of his legendary career getting pummeled by Larry Holmes, and there you have the sad spectacle Johan Santana has become. World's greatest wildlife spectacle jeopardized by plans to build road. "CHARLIE AND the Chocolate Factory" is a spectacle to be enjoyed, but only as such. ĭave Schwartz reflects on the changing nature of the Las Vegas spectacle. Unfortunately, the Leonids are not one of astronomy's bigger spectacles. Also used, in the singular, for one frame with its colored glass.Ī frame with two bow-shaped handles for carrying well-boring tools. Plural Signal-glasses of varying color, held in a metal frame suggesting spectacles, to be moved in front of the lenses of signal-lights at night: usually of red and green if there are two. See cut under cobra-de-capello.Ī form of spectacles having in each bow two half glasses differing in power or character divided spectacles. ![]() Plural In zoology, a marking resembling a pair of spectacles, especially about the eyes: as, the spectacles of the cobra. Plural Figuratively, visual aids of any kind, physical or mental instruments of or assistance in seeing or understanding also, instruments or means of seeing or understanding otherwise than by natural or normal vision or perception: as, rose-colored spectacles I cannot see things with your spectacles. Spectacles with glazed wings or frames partly filled with crape or wire gauze are used to shield the eyes from dust, etc. The lenses employed in this case are of either a meniscus or a concavo-convex form, the concave side being turned to the eye. Another kind, called periscopic spectacles, are intended to allow the eyes considerable latitude of motion without fatigue. Divided spectacles have each lens composed of two parts of different foci neatly united, one part for observing distant objects, and the other for examining objects near the eye. Spectacles with colored lenses, as green, blue, neutral-tint, or smoke-color, are used to protect the eyes from a glare of light. In both cases the value of spectacles depends upon their being accurately adapted to the person's vision. Spectacles with convex lenses are for the aged, or far-sighted and spectacles with concave lenses are for the near-sighted. Spectacles which are supported on the nose only, by means of a spring, are commonly called eye-glasses. The frame is so constructed and adjusted as to rest on the nose and ears and hold the lenses in the proper position. It is made up of the “bridge,” “rims” (or frames of the lenses), “bows,” and “sides” or “temples” but the bows are now often omitted. The frame was in former times usually of horn or tortoise-shell, and afterward of silver it is now usually of steel or of gold. Plural A pair of lenses set in a frame adjusted to the eyes, to correct or improve defective vision also, sometimes, a similar frame with pieces of plain white or colored glass to protect the eyes from glare or dust: commonly called a pair of spectacles. Specifically, a public show or display for the gratification of the eye something designed or arranged to attract and entertain spectators a pageant a parade: as, a royal or a religious spectacle a military or a dramatic spectacle. An exhibition exposure to sight or view an open display also, a thing looked at or to be looked at a sight a gazing-stock a show especially, a deplorable exhibition. ![]()
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