The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reading \Read"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
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Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader.
Reading desk, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church.
Reading glass, a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc.
Reading man, one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student.
Reading room, a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort.
Usage examples of "reading glass".
You can make them out vaguely with a good reading glass, even with this coarse stuff.
Here,' he said, digging around in his pocket, taking out a reading glass.
This he did most methodically, standing before the table on which the newspaper was spread, and perusing it line by line, column after column, page by page, with the aid of a large, square reading glass.