(1):
(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.
(2):
(v. t.) To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope.
(3):
(n.) An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.
(4):
(a.) 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.