Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EYE-GLANCE, n.

A glance of the eye; a rapid look. Spenser.

EYE-GLASS, n.

A glass to assist the sightless; spectacles. Shak. In telescopes, the glass next the eye; and where there are several, all except the object-glass are called eye-glasses. Cyc.

EYE-GLUT-TING, n.

A feasting of the eyes. [Not in use.] Spenser.

EYE-LASH, n.

The line of hair that edges the eyelid. Johnson.

EYE-LESS, a.

Wanting eyes; destitute of sight. Milton. Addison.

EYE-LET, n. [Fr. œillet, a little eye, from œil, eye.]

A small hole or perforation, to receive a lace or small rope or cord. We usually say, eyelet-hole.

EYE-LI-AD, n. [Fr. œillade.]

A glance of the eye. Shak.

EYE-LID, n.

The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which an animal covers the eyeball, or uncovers it, at pleasure.

EYE-OF-FEND'ING, a.

That hurts the eyes. Shak.

EYE-PLEAS-ING, a.

Pleasing the eye. Davies.

EY'ER, n.

One who eyes another. Gayton.

EYE-SALVE, n.

Ointment for the eye. Revelation.

EYE-SERV-ANT, n.

A servant who attends to his duty only when watched, or under the eye of his master or employer.

EYE-SERV-ICE, n.

Service performed only under inspection or the eye of an employer. Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but a singleness of heart, fearing God. Col. iii.

EYE-SHOT, n.

Sight; view; glance of the eye. Dryden.

EYE-SIGHT, n.

1. The sight of the eye; view; observation. Ps. xviii. Josephus sets this down from his own eyesight. Wilkins.
2. The sense of seeing. His eyesight fails.

EYE-SORE, n.

Something offensive to the eye or sight. Mordecai was an eyesore to Haman. L'Estrange.

EYE-SPLISE, n.

In seamen's language, a sort of eye or circle at the end of a rope. Mar. Dict.

EYE-SPOT-TED, a.

Marked with spots like eyes. Spenser.

EYE-STONE, n.

A small calcarious stone used for taking substances from between the lid and ball of the eye.

EYE-STRING, n.

The tendon by which the eye is moved. Shak.

EYE-TOOTH, n.

A tooth under the eye; a pointed tooth in the upper jaw next to the grinders, called also a canine tooth; a fang.

EYE-WINK, n.

A wink, or motion of the eyelid; a hint or token. Shak.

EYE-WIT-NESS, n.

One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of any thing. We were eye-witnesses of his majesty. 2 Pet. i.

EY-ING, ppr.

Viewing; watching; observing.