Spectacle, 1) show, sight: Lucr. 631. Pilgr. 127. Tp. I, 2, 26. As II, 1, 44. John IV, 3, 56. H6A I, 4, 41. H6B IV, 1, 144. H6C II, 1, 67. II, 5, 73. Troil. IV, 4, 14 (a pair of --s; Pandarus' speech). Cor. IV, 1, 25. Caes. III, 1, 223. III, 2, 202.
2) Plur. --s, == a) glasses to assist the sight: Ado I, 1, 191. As II, 7, 159. H6B V, 1, 165. Lr. I, 2, 36.
b) organs of vision: “and bid mine eyes be packing with my heart and called them blind and dusky --s, for losing ken of Albion's wished coast,” H6B III, 2, 112. “hath nature given them eyes . . ., and can we not partition make with --s so precious 'twixt fair and foul?” Cymb. I, 6, 37.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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