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Definition of Specs

1. Noun. Optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.

Definition of Specs

1. Noun. (colloquial pluralonly) (abbreviation of spectacles) ¹

2. Noun. (colloquial) Specifications: (plural of spec) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Specs

1. eyeglasses [n] - See also: eyeglasses

Lexicographical Neighbors of Specs

Literary usage of Specs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1880)
"13" 818 Slate, an occasional sand-shell with fossils; specs. to 130 inclusive 125 " 943 ... 181 to 180 inclusive 23 " Slate, with dark smid shells; specs. ..."

2. Letters of J. Downing, a Major, Downingville Militia, Second Brigade, to His by Charles Augustus Davis (1834)
"Account of the important difference between common ' specs' and Magical Glasses; showing by plain matters of fact, how much more difficult it is to see ..."

3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1851)
"... And NASO told of curious metamorphoses; But mine the glory to recount thy worth, 0 crystal specs ! that peep'st invisibly Into mine eyes, ..."

4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1851)
"... But mine the glory to recount thy worth, 0 crystal specs ! that peep'st invisibly Into mine eyes, and giv'sl them power to see Thou vision-giver of the ..."

5. The Monuments of Upper Egypt: A Translation of the "Itinéraire de la Haute by Auguste Mariette, Lysander Dickerman (1890)
"The type of these commemorative monuments is the large specs, conspicuous from a distance by its four massive pillars. It dates from the reign of Horus, ..."

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