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telescope
Part of speech: NounAn optical instrument, made of a series of long tubes, provided with lenses: used for magnifying and making visible objects at a distance, especially the moon, stars, etc.; any article made of parts fitting within one another, as do the sections of some telescopes, so that it can be extended in size; as, a kind of extensible valise is called a telescope.
Part of speech: VerbTo force a way endwise one within another, as cars in a railway collision.
Usage examples "telescope":- When you wish to express them, you pack your saddle and saddle blankets in one, telescope the other over it, and tie up the bundle with the lash rope. - "Camp and Trail", Stewart Edward White.
- My friend must certainly have used the microscope or reversed the telescope, when, in seeking to present this question in a striking manner to your Honors' minds, he called your attention to these few persons and their posterity. - "Is Slavery Sanctioned by the Bible?", Isaac Allen.
- Small enough chance had his voice of reaching her, the wind being dead contrary: and yet for the moment it looked as if the two officers aft had heard; for they both stepped to the ship's side, and one put up a telescope and handed it to the other. - "News from the Duchy", Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch.