telescope
/ˈtɛl.əˌskoʊp/ noun B2- A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.
- Any instrument used in astronomy for observing distant objects (such as a radio telescope).
- A retractable tubular support for lights.
- A kind of goldfish with protruding eyes, first bred in China.
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Now the Wicked Witch of the West had but one eye, yet that was as powerful as a telescope, and could see everywhere.
The last words were shrieked as he was being swung through the air, but Rann nodded and rose up till he looked no bigger than a speck of dust, and there he hung, watching with his telescope eyes the swaying of the treetops as Mowgli’s escort whirled along.
Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope!
There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she went back to the table, half hoping she might find another key on it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes: this time she found a little bottle on it, (“which certainly was not here before,” said Alice,) and round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words “DRINK ME,” beautifully printed on it in large letters.
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