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Quizzing glass

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Quiz \Quiz\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quizzed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Quizzing}.]
   1. To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended
      seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure
      questions.

            He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room.
                                                  --Thackeray.

   2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.

   3. To instruct in or by a quiz. See {Quiz}, n., 4. [U.S.]

   {Quizzing glass}, a small eyeglass.
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