Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: EYE-GLANCE – EY-ING
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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.
- The sight of the eye; view; observation. Ps. xviii. Josephus sets this down from his own eyesight. Wilkins.
- 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.