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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Eyeglass \Eye"glass'\, noun
1. A lens of glass worn in front of the eye to assist vision; -- usually used in the plural, referring to a pair of lenses fixed together in a frame, and worn resting on the bridge of the nose, to improve the vision. A single eyeglass in a frame is called a {monocle}. [1913 Webster +PJC]
2. Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc.
3. The retina. [Poetic]
4. A glass eyecup. See {Eyecup}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
eyecup \eye"cup'\, noun A small oval porcelain or glass cup, having a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye. it is used in the application of liquid remedies to eyes; -- called also {eyeglass}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
eyeglass
noun: lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles [syn: {monocle}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "eyeglass": Polaroid glasses, achromatic lens, astigmatic lens, bifocals, blinkers, burning glass, camera, cheaters, coated lens, colored glasses, concave lens, concavo-convex lens, condenser, contact lens, convex lens, dark glasses, divided spectacles, eyeglasses, eyepiece, glass, glasses, goggles, granny glasses, hand lens, harlequin glasses, horn-rimmed glasses, lens, lorgnette, lorgnon, magnifier, magnifying glass, meniscus, mini-specs, monocle, nippers, object glass, objective, objective prism, ocular, pair of glasses, peepers, prism, quizzing glass, reader, readers, reading glass, reading glasses, shades, specs, spectacles, sun-specs, sunglasses, telephoto lens, toric lens, trifocals, varifocal lens, zoom lens
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