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English Dictionary: (eye) by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   EyeEye\Eye\, n. [Prob. fr. nye, an eyeeyebeing for a nye. See
      {Nye}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A brood; as, an eyeeyeof pheasants.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   EyeEye\Eye\, n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. e[a0]ge; akin to
      OFries. [be]ge, OS. [?]ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel.
      auga, Sw. [94]ga, Dan. [94]ie, Goth. aug[?]; cf. OSlav. oko,
      Lish. akis, L. okulus, Gr. [?], eye, [?], the two eyes, Skr.
      akshi. [root]10, 212. Cf. {Diasy}, {Ocular}, {Optic},
      {Eyelet}, {Ogle}.]
      1. The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates
            generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the
            orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In
            most invertebrates the years are immovable ocelli, or
            compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See {Ocellus}.
            Description of illustration: a b Conjunctiva; c Cornea; d
            Sclerotic; e Choroid; f Cillary Muscle; g Cillary Process;
            h Iris; i Suspensory Ligament; k Prosterior Aqueous
            Chamber between h and i; l Anterior Aqueous Chamber; m
            Crystalline Lens; n Vitreous Humor; o Retina; p Yellow
            spot; q Center of blind spot; r Artery of Retina in center
            of the Optic Nerve.
  
      Note: The essential parts of the eyeeyeare inclosed in a tough
               outer coat, the sclerotic, to which the muscles moving
               it are attached, and which in front changes into the
               transparent cornea. A little way back of cornea, the
               crystalline lens is suspended, dividing the eyeeyeinto
               two unequal cavities, a smaller one in front filled
               with a watery fluid, the aqueous humor, and larger one
               behind filled with a clear jelly, the vitreous humor.
               The sclerotic is lined with a highly pigmented
               membrane, the choroid, and this is turn is lined in the
               back half of the eyeball with the nearly transparent
               retina, in which the fibers of the optic nerve ramify.
               The choroid in front is continuous with the iris, which
               has a contractile opening in the center, the pupil,
               admitting light to the lens which brings the rays to a
               focus and forms an image upon the retina, where the
               light, falling upon delicate structures called rods and
               cones, causes them to stimulate the fibres of the optic
               nerve to transmit visual impressions to the brain.
  
      2. The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence,
            judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of
            objects; as, to have the eyeeyeof sailor; an eyeeyefor the
            beautiful or picturesque.
  
      3. The action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view;
            ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion.
  
                     In my eye, she is the sweetest lady that I looked
                     on.                                                   --Shak.
  
      4. The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of
            vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object
            which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate
            presence.
  
                     We shell express our duty in his eye. --Shak.
  
                     Her shell your hear disproved to her eyes. --Shak.
  
      5. Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice;
            attention; regard. [bd]Keep eyes upon her.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Booksellers . . . have an eyeeyeto their own
                     advantage.                                          --Addison.
  
      6. That which resembles the organ of sight, in form,
            position, or appearance; as:
            (a) (Zo[94]l.) The spots on a feather, as of peacock.
            (b) The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in
                  oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor
                  muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the
                  scallop.
            (c) The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eyeeyeof a
                  potato.
            (d) The center of a target; the bull's-eye.
            (e) A small loop to receive a hook; as hooks and eyes on a
                  dress.
            (f) The hole through the head of a needle.
            (g) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through
                  anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.;
                  as an eyeeyeat the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss;
                  as an eyeeyethrough a crank; an eyeeyeat the end of rope.
            (h) The hole through the upper millstone.
  
      7. That which resembles the eyeeyein relative importance or
            beauty. [bd]The very eyeeyeof that proverb.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Athens, the eyeeyeof Greece, mother of arts. --Milton.
  
      8. Tinge; shade of color. [Obs.]
  
                     Red with an eyeeyeof blue makes a purple. --Boyle.
  
      {By the eye}, in abundance. [Obs.] --Marlowe.
  
      {Elliott eye} (Naut.), a loop in a hemp cable made around a
            thimble and served.
  
      {EyeEyeagate}, a kind of circle agate, the central part of
            which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass.
            --Brande & C.
  
      {EyeEyeanimalcule} (Zo[94]l), a flagellate infusorian belonging
            to {Euglena} and related genera; -- so called because it
            has a colored spot like an eyeeyeat one end.
  
      {EyeEyedoctor}, an oculist.
  
      {EyeEyeof a volute} (Arch.), the circle in the center of
            volute.
  
      {EyeEyeof day}, {EyeEyeof the morning}, {EyeEyeof heaven}, the sun.
            [bd]So gently shuts the eyeeyeday.[b8] --Mrs. Barbauld.
  
      {EyeEyeof a ship}, the foremost part in the bows of a ship,
            where, formerly, eyes were painted; also, the hawser
            holes. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      {Half an eye}, very imperfect sight; a careless glance; as,
            to see a thing with half an eye; often figuratively.
            [bd]Those who have but half an eye. [b8] --B. Jonson.
  
      {To catch one's eye}, to attract one's notice.
  
      {To find favor in the eyes (of)}, to be graciously received
            and treated.
  
      {To have an eyeeyeto}, to pay particular attention to; to
            watch. [bd]Have an eyeeyeto Cinna.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To keep an eyeeyeon}, to watch.
  
      {To set the eyes on}, to see; to have a sight of.
  
      {In the eyeeyeof the wind} (Naut.), in a direction opposed to
            the wind; as, a ship sails in the eyeeyeof the wind.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   EyeEye\Eye\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eying
      [or] Eyeing}.]
      To fix the eyeeyeon; to look on; to view; to observe;
      particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed
      attention; to hold in view.
  
               EyeEyeme, blest Providence, and square my trial To my
               proportioned strength.                           --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   EyeEye\Eye\, v. i.
      To appear; to look. [Obs.]
  
               My becomings kill me, when they do not EyeEyewell to you.
                                                                              --Shak.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   EyeEye
      (Heb. 'ain, meaning "flowing"), applied (1) to a fountain,
      frequently; (2) to colour (Num. 11:7; R.V., "appearance," marg.
      "eye"); (3) the face (Ex. 10:5, 15; Num. 22:5, 11), in Num.
      14:14, "face to face" (R.V. marg., "eyeeyeto eye"). "Between the
      eyes", i.e., the forehead (Ex. 13:9, 16).
     
         The expression (Prov. 23:31), "when it giveth his colour in
      the cup," is literally, "when it giveth out [or showeth] its
      eye." The beads or bubbles of wine are thus spoken of. "To set
      the eyes" on any one is to view him with favour (Gen. 44:21; Job
      24:23; Jer. 39:12). This word is used figuratively in the
      expressions an "evil eye" (Matt. 20:15), a "bountiful eye"
      (Prov. 22:9), "haughty eyes" (6:17 marg.), "wanton eyes" (Isa.
      3:16), "eyes full of adultery" (2 Pet. 2:14), "the lust of the
      eyes" (1 John 2:16). Christians are warned against "eye-service"
      (Eph. 6:6; Col. 3:22). Men were sometimes punished by having
      their eyes put out (1 Sam. 11:2; Samson, Judg. 16:21; Zedekiah,
      2 Kings 25:7).
     
         The custom of painting the eyes is alluded to in 2 Kings 9:30,
      R.V.; Jer. 4:30; Ezek. 23:40, a custom which still prevails
      extensively among Eastern women.
     
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