spectacle frame

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• spectacle frame — noun : a frame at or near the sternposts through which both shafts pass in a twin screw ship having the stern bossed out to surround both shafts …   Useful english dictionary

• spectacle frame — A large casting extending outboard from the main hull for supporting for the ends of the propeller shafts in a multi screw ship …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• frame — [1] A bridge like structural load carrying members of a vehicle that support the engine and body and are in turn supported by the wheels of the vehicle. [2] Transverse members that make up the riblike skeleton of a ship. Also see A frame ash… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Spectacle — Spec ta*cle, n. [F., fr. L. spectaculum, fr. spectare to look at, to behold, v. intens. fr. specere. See {Spy}.] 1. Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• spectacle — noun (C) 1 a very impressive show or scene: The military parade was a magnificent spectacle. 2 (usually singular) an unusual thing or situation to be seen or noticed (+ of): the curious spectacle of a cat actually chasing a dog 3 make a spectacle …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• spectacle — noun a) Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a gazingstock. Poverty a spectacle is, as thinketh me,… …   Wiktionary

• spectacle — /ˈspɛktəkəl / (say spektuhkuhl) noun 1. anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking kind. 2. a public show or display, especially on a large scale. 3. (plural) a device to aid defective vision or to protect the… …  

• frame — A structure made of parts fitted together. Balkan f. an overhead f., supported on uprights attached to the bedposts or to a separate stand, from which a splinted limb is slung in the treatment of fracture or joint disease. SYN: Balkan beam,… …   Medical dictionary

• chase — I. /tʃeɪs / (say chays) verb (chased, chasing) –verb (t) 1. to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc. 2. (in sport) to attempt to equal or better (an opponent s score): the Australians were chasing the Poms first innings score of 401. 3. to… …  

• bow — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a slip knot with a double loop. b a ribbon, shoelace, etc., tied with this. c a decoration (on clothing, or painted etc.) in the form of a bow. 2 a device for shooting arrows with a taut string joining the ends of a curved piece …   Useful english dictionary

• Temple — An area just behind and to the side of the forehead and the eye, above the side of the check bone (the zygomatic arch) and in front of the ear. In optometry, the temple is the side bar of a pair of glasses which passes on the side of the head to… …   Medical dictionary