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From eye +‎ glass.

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eyeglass (plural eyeglasses)

  1. An artificial lens, especially one of a pair.
  2. A monocle.
  3. An eyepiece.
  4. (obsolete) The lens of the eye.
    • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      Ha' not you seen, Camillo? / (But that's past doubt; you have, or your eye-glass / Is thicker than a cuckold's horn)
  5. attributive form of eyeglasses
    an eyeglass repair kit

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