spectacle maker

The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia · 1910 · p. 57
One who makes spectacles. spectacle-snake, s. [SPECTACLED-COBRA.] spěc-ta-cled (le as el), a . [Eng. spectacl(e); -ed.] Wearing, or a isted by, spectacles; having spectacles on the nose. "All tongues speak of him; and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him." spectacled-bear, s. Shakesp.: Coriolanus , i1. 1. Zool.: Ursus ornatus, about forty inches long, from the mountainous regions of Chili. The general color is black, but the animal has a light colored ring around each eye, not unlike a large pair of old-fashioned spectacles. spectacled-cobra, s. Zool .: Any variety of Naja tripudians , in which the spectacle-like markings on the hood are well developed. The natives of India say that these markings are more distinct in the snakes that are met with in and near towns than in those which fre quent the open and hill country. spectacled-shrimp, s. [SKELETON-SCREW.] spectacled-stenoderm, s. Zool.: Steno derma per spic ill a tum , from the West Indies, Guiana, and Brazil. It is about four inches in length, and from sixteen to twenty in wing expanse; fur light-brown, with a whitish arch over each eye. Called also Spectacled Vampire.
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