Part 4118

<hw>Eye"shot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; <as>as, to be out of <ex>eyeshot</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Eyesight</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Eye"sight`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Sight of the eye; the sense of seeing; view; observation.</def>

<blockquote>Josephus sets this down from his own <b>eyesight</b>. <i>Bp. Wilkins.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Eyesore</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Eye"sore`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish.</def>

<blockquote>Mordecai was an <b>eyesore</b> to Haman. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Eyesplice</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Eye"*splice`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A splice formed by bending a rope's and back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See <i>Illust</i>. under <er>Splice</er>.</def>

<h1>Eyespot</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Eye"*spot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An eyelike spot of color.</def>

<h1>Eyespotted</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Eye"*spot`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Marked with spots like eyes.</def>

<blockquote>Junno's bird, in her <b>eye-spotted</b> train. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Eyestalk</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Eye"stalk`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip.</def>

<h1>Eyestone</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Eye"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small shell of the family <i>Tubinid<?/</i>, used to remove a foreign sub stance from the eye. It is rut into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with the substance.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Eye agate. See under <er>Eye</er>.</def>

<h1>Eyestring</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Eye"string`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The tendon by which the eye is moved.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Eyet</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Ey"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An island. See <er>Eyot</er>.</def>

<h1>Eyetooth</h1> <Xpage=534>

<hw>Eye"tooth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Eyeteeth</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A canine tooth of the upper jaw.</def> See <er>Teeth</er>.

<cs><col>To cut one's eyeteeth</col>, <cd>to become acute or knowing.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs>