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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., from Gr.

πολύσ

many + [GREEK] seen.]

(Opt.)

A glass through which objects appear multiplied, but diminished in size.

[R.]

,. n. [Gr. many and to see.] A glass through which objects appear multiplied.

polyoptrum ‎(plural polyoptrums)

(dated) A glass through which objects appear multiplied, but diminished in size.