stanhope lens

Optics : A magnifying lens consisting of two con vex surfaces of di imilar curves, separated by a considerable thickne of gla so adjusted that when the more convex surface is next the eye, small objects on the other surface are in focus. stanhope-pre , s. [STANHOPE (2).] *stăn-iel (1 as y), *stăn'-yel, s. [STANNEL.] The kestrel. "With what wing the stanyel checks at it." Shakesp.: Twelfth Night, ii. 5. *stăn-iel-rỹ (1 as y), subst . [Eng.staniel; -ry.] The act or practice of hawking with staniels; ignoble falconry. That puny, pin-feathered ayry of buzardism and stanielry."-Lady Alimony, sign. I. 4. *stā-ni-um, s . [Low Latin.] A kind of strong cloth of a superior quality worn during the Anglo Norman period; called also Stamfortis. *stăńk, a. [STANCK.] stăńk, v. i. [ Sw.stank a.] To sigh. ( Prov.) †stăńk, pret. of v. [STINK.] stăńk, *stanç, subst . [O. Fr. estang , from Latin stagnum a pool of stagnant water; Sp. estangue ; Port. tangue; Ital. stag no. Stank and tank are doublets. A pool, a tank. "They lighted and abiden biside a water stank." Robert de Brunne, p. 68. IMG:content-0192.png:[blocks in formation] Stanley an-deerlet, s . Zool .: Tragulus stanley an us . [TRAGULUS.] stăn-march, subst . [A.S.stán=stone, and Mid. Eng. marc he =parsley.] Bot .: Smyrnium olusatrum .