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multiplying glasses

multiplying glasses is the plural of multiplying glass.

Meaning of multiplying glass

Noun

multiplying glass (plural multiplying glasses)

  1. A glass with a number of facets, causing an object to appear multiplied many times.
    • […] 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...1694, N.H., The Ladies Dictionary, London: John Dunton, p. 95
    Synonyms:
    polyscope
  2. (obsolete) A magnifying glass.
    • Will he forgive that dim sight which I have of sin now, when sins scarce appeare to be sins unto me, and will he forgive that over-quick sight, when I shall see my sins through Satans multiplying glasse of desperation, when I shall thinke them greater then his mercy, upon my death bed?a. 1631, John Donne, “Sermon preached upon Whitsunday”, in LXXX Sermons, London: Richard Royston, published 1640, page 343

Questions about multiplying glasses

What is multiplying glasses the plural of?
Multiplying glasses is the plural of multiplying glass.

Words near multiplying glasses in the dictionary

  1. multiplug
  2. multiplugs
  3. multiply
  4. multiplying
  5. multiplying glass
  6. multiplying glasses
  7. multiplying lens
  8. multiplying lenses
  9. multiplyings
  10. multipocketed
  11. multipoinding

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