‖adv. & a. [ It. al fresco in or on the fresh. ] In the open-air. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat with scorn. “Then was he bescorned.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Escutcheon. [ Obs. ]

{ ‖, n. [ Sp. escopeta, F. escopette. ] A kind of firearm; a carbine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ Prop. Sp. escorial, i. e., a hill or heap of rubbish, earth, and stones brought out of a mine, fr. escoria dross of metal, L. scoria, fr. Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Scoria. ] A palace and mausoleum of the kings of Spain, being a vast and wonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid; called also escurial. It was erected in 1563-1584 and contains a monastery. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ The ground plan is said to be in the form of a gridiron, the structure being designed in honor of St. Lawrence, who suffered martyrdom by being broiled on a gridiron; but the resemblance is very slight. It is nearly square, inclosing several courts, and has a projecting mass which stands for the handle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. escorte, It. scorta a guard or guide, fr. scorgere to perceive, discern, lead, fr. L. ex out, quite + corrigere to correct, set right. See Correct. ] 1. A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary rate. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Escorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Escorting. ] [ Cf. F. escorter, It. scortare. See Escort, n. ] To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon.

Syn. -- To accompany; attend. See Accompany. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. ] See Scot, a tax. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pay the reckoning for; to support; to maintain. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See Squad, [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Scout. [ Obs. ] Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Frescoes or Frescos [ It., fr. fresco fresh; of German origin. See Fresh, a. ] 1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade. [ R. ] Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fine Arts) (a) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries. (b) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner. (c) A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b. [ 1913 Webster ]

al fresco in the open air; out of doors; outdoors; as, to dine al fresco. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Frescoed p. pr. & vb. n. Frescoing. ] To paint in fresco, as walls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A large astromical optical telescope placed into orbit around the earth, from which, in the absence of absorption and distortion by the earth's atmosphere, clear high-resolution images of astronomical objects can be obtained in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet wavelengths. The telescope was launched into orbit on April 24, 1990. Since then the telescope has taken thousands of images, many of them unique, recording never before seen astronomical phenomena. Service missions were performed in 1993 and 1997, during which astronauts upgraded or replaced equipment on the telescope. Link to Hubble Telescope Information. [ PJC ]

n. A type of reflecting telescope in which the aberration of the concave mirror is reduced by a meniscus lens. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Nine times twenty, or one hundred and eighty. -- n. The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Not able to be contracted by a telescoping action; as, a nontelescoping tripod would be awkward to carry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Astron.) A telescope adapted for taking photographs of the heavenly bodies. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ OE., fr. OF. rescousse, fr. rescourre, p. p. rescous, to rescue. See Rescue. ] 1. Rescue; deliverance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) See Rescue, 2. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To rescue. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a.; pl. Tedeschi /plu>. [ It., of Germanic origin. See Dutch. ] German; -- used chiefly of art, literature, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. 1. To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to shorten or abridge significantly; as, to telescope a whole semester's lectures into one week. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; viewing afar, farseeing; &unr_; far, far off + &unr_; a watcher, akin to &unr_; to view: cf. F. télescope. See Telegraph, and -scope. ] An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A telescope assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first, by enlarging the visual angle under which a distant object is seen, and thus magnifying that object; and, secondly, by collecting, and conveying to the eye, a larger beam of light than would enter the naked organ, thus rendering objects distinct and visible which would otherwise be indistinct and or invisible. Its essential parts are the object glass, or concave mirror, which collects the beam of light, and forms an image of the object, and the eyeglass, which is a microscope, by which the image is magnified. [ 1913 Webster ]

Achromatic telescope. See under Achromatic. --
Aplanatic telescope, a telescope having an aplanatic eyepiece. --
Astronomical telescope, a telescope which has a simple eyepiece so constructed or used as not to reverse the image formed by the object glass, and consequently exhibits objects inverted, which is not a hindrance in astronomical observations. --
Cassegrainian telescope, a reflecting telescope invented by Cassegrain, which differs from the Gregorian only in having the secondary speculum convex instead of concave, and placed nearer the large speculum. The Cassegrainian represents objects inverted; the Gregorian, in their natural position. The Melbourne telescope (see Illust. under Reflecting telescope, below) is a Cassegrainian telescope. --
Dialytic telescope. See under Dialytic. --
Equatorial telescope. See the Note under Equatorial. --
Galilean telescope, a refracting telescope in which the eyeglass is a concave instead of a convex lens, as in the common opera glass. This was the construction originally adopted by Galileo, the inventor of the instrument. It exhibits the objects erect, that is, in their natural positions. --
Gregorian telescope, a form of reflecting telescope. See under Gregorian. --
Herschelian telescope, a reflecting telescope of the form invented by Sir William Herschel, in which only one speculum is employed, by means of which an image of the object is formed near one side of the open end of the tube, and to this the eyeglass is applied directly. --
Newtonian telescope, a form of reflecting telescope. See under Newtonian. --
Photographic telescope, a telescope specially constructed to make photographs of the heavenly bodies. --
Prism telescope. See Teinoscope. --
Reflecting telescope, a telescope in which the image is formed by a speculum or mirror (or usually by two speculums, a large one at the lower end of the telescope, and the smaller one near the open end) instead of an object glass. See Gregorian, Cassegrainian, Herschelian, and Newtonian, telescopes, above. --
Refracting telescope, a telescope in which the image is formed by refraction through an object glass. --
Telescope carp (Zool.), the telescope fish. --
Telescope fish (Zool.), a monstrous variety of the goldfish having very protuberant eyes. --
Telescope fly (Zool.), any two-winged fly of the genus Diopsis, native of Africa and Asia. The telescope flies are remarkable for having the eyes raised on very long stalks. --
Telescope shell (Zool.), an elongated gastropod (Cerithium telescopium) having numerous flattened whorls. --
Telescope sight (Firearms), a slender telescope attached to the barrel, having cross wires in the eyepiece and used as a sight. --
Terrestrial telescope, a telescope whose eyepiece has one or two lenses more than the astronomical, for the purpose of inverting the image, and exhibiting objects erect. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Telescoped p. pr. & vb. n. Telescoping ] To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another; to become compressed in the manner of a telescope, due to a collision or other force. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of joints or parts one within the other; telescopic; as, a telescope bag; telescope table, etc.; -- now more commonly replaced by the term telescoping. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. An adjustable traveling bag consisting of two cases, the larger slipping over the other. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. télescopique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic stars. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye; telescopic vision. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Having the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a spyglass; especially (Mach.), constructed of concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the telescopic chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by being lowered endwise. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a telescopical manner; by or with the telescope. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A sight consisting of a small telescope, as on a compass or rifle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of sections or parts one within the other; telescopic; as, telescoping tripod legs; a telescoping table, etc.; -- a term replacing the formerly used telescope. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. One who uses a telescope. R. A. Proctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or practice of using or making telescopes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & a. Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Volume + -scope. ] (Physics) An instrument consisting essentially of a glass tube provided with a graduated scale, for exhibiting to the eye the changes of volume of a gas or gaseous mixture resulting from chemical action, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

. 1. (Optics) A telescope in which the medium between the objective and the eye piece is water instead of air, used in some experiments in aberration. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A telescope devised for looking into a body of water. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]