\Bi"o*scope\, n. [Gr. bi`os life + -scope.]
1. A view of life; that which gives such a view.
         Bagman's Bioscope: Various Views of Men and Manners.
         [Book Title.]                         --W. Bayley
                                               (1824).
2. An animated picture machine for screen projection; a
   cinematograph (which see).