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spectacle

n. [F., fr. L. spectaculum, fr. spectare to look at, to behold, v. intens. fr. specere. See Spy.]1. Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a gazingstock. ()

O, piteous spectacle? O, bloody times! (Shak.)

2. A spy-glass; a looking-glass. ()

Poverty a spectacle is, as thinketh me, Through which he may his very friends see. (Chaucer.)

3. An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light. ()

4. Fig.: An aid to the intellectual sight. ()

Shakespeare . . . needed not the spectacles of books to read nature. (Dryden.)

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