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spy-glass
spy-glass Also spyglass. [f. spy v. + glass n.1 10. Cf. spying-glass.] 1. A telescope; a field-glass.1706 E. Ward Wooden World Diss. (1708) 11 He's never without a swinging large Spy-glass. 1753 Phil. Trans. XLVIII. 227 Turning the little end of a spy-glass, it appeared something like the ruins of P... Oxford English Dictionary
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Spy Glass Blue
Spy Glass Blue is an American post-punk/new wave/Britpop band formed by Allan Aguirre of Scaterd Few, is credited for legitimizing and authenticating the post-punk genre in Christian alternative music (ACM) much in the same way that Scaterd Few defined punk rock in Contemporary Christian music (CCM)... wikipedia.org
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Spy Glass Battery
Spy Glass Battery or Spyglass Battery was originally a high angle artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The battery is mounted high on the rock to give extra range and protection. The battery was still in use during the Second World War as a listening post and site for a ... wikipedia.org
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spying-glass
spying-glass [f. prec.] 1. = spy-glass 1. Now rare.1682 tr. Glanius' Voy. Bengala 28 Thus did they appear to us through our Spying-Glass, and every one..believed they saw very distinctly with it. 1739 Wks. of Learned I. 85 From whence Servius might conclude that he knew the Use of Spying-Glasses. 17... Oxford English Dictionary
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Shadows (Spy Glass Blue album)
Shadows is Spy Glass Blue's first full-length studio album. It was first released in May, 1996 on Pinnacle Records. Its second release was in September, 1997 on Organic Records. Track listing "Thin And Leaner" "Lodging" "In Sultry Places" "Can You Feel" "Me Mine" "On And On" "Stygian" "Iron Grey" "I... wikipedia.org
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spy-
spy- the stem of the vb. used in combs., in the sense of ‘that spies’ as spy-all, spy-fault, spy-maiden, or ‘from or through which one may spy, used for spying’ as spy-camera, spy-hole, spy-house, spy-microphone, spy-mike, spy-tower, spy-window. Also spy-glass.(a) 1555 W. Watreman Fardle Facions ii.... Oxford English Dictionary
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sottoportico
‖ sottoportico, n. Arch. (ˌsottoˈpɔrtiko) Also as two words, and as It. dial. sottoportego. [It., f. sotto under + portico portico n.] The covered passage running behind an arcade or colonnade and freq. beneath the projecting first floor of a building.1909 Webster, Sotto portico,..an arcade; a stree... Oxford English Dictionary
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Squire Trelawney
buys the schooner Hispaniola, hires Captain Smollett to command her, and retains Long John Silver, a former sea cook and now the owner of the dock-side "Spy-Glass wikipedia.org
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HMS Yarmouth (1745)
With the help of a spy-glass he soon discovered 4 men seemingly standing on the water for what supported them was not visible. wikipedia.org
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kenning
▪ I. ˈkenning, n. north. dial. [Derivation obscure.] A dry measure: = two pecks, or half a bushel; a vessel containing this quantity.[1299 Acc. Rolls Durham (Surtees) 496 In xlvij qr. ij ken. præbendæ.] 1344–5 Inv. Norham Castle (in Northumbld. Gloss.) Kenine. [1392 Acc. Rolls Durham (Surtees) 345 W... Oxford English Dictionary
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Buddy of the Apes
A native from a nearby village catches sight of the triumphant party by means of a spy-glass and hurries back to tell his Chief of the matter: the village wikipedia.org
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prospective glass
† proˈspective glass Obs. 1. A magic glass or crystal, in which it was supposed that distant or future events could be seen. Also called glass prospective. Also fig.a 1584 Tom Thumbe 298 in Hazl. E.P.P. II. 190 This cunning doctor tooke A fine prospective glasse, with which he did in secret looke In... Oxford English Dictionary
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أحمد زكاييف
, نيويورك تايمز, 9 December 2002 Let Mr Zakayev stay; Chechen leader should not be extradited, الغارديان, 13 December 2002 Sharing a glass with the ' terror in Chechnya, الغارديان, 7 September 2004 More false testimonies against Zakayev being extorted by torture, Chechenpress, 6 October 2006 Poisoned spy wikipedia.org
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Buddy of the Legion
One Amazon, looking through a spy-glass, sees the legionnaires, and announces their coming to the leader. wikipedia.org
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spy
▪ I. spy, n. (spaɪ) Also 4–7 spie, spye. [ad. OF. espie (= Sp. and Pg. espia, It. spia) espy n.; hence also MDu. spie. In sense 4 partly f. spy v.] 1. a. One who spies upon or watches a person or persons secretly; a secret agent whose business it is to keep a person, place, etc., under close observa... Oxford English Dictionary
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