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Eyebright Eye"bright` noun (Botany) A small annual plant ( Euphrasia officinalis ), formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye.

Eyebrow Eye"brow` noun The brow or hairy arch above the eye. Shak.

Eyecup Eye"cup` noun A small oval porcelain or glass cup, having a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye. it is used in the application of liquid remedies to eyes; -- called also eyeglass .

Eyed Eyed adjective Heaving (such or so many) eyes; -- used in composition; as, sharp- eyed ; dull- eyed ; sad- eyed ; ox- eyed Juno; myriad- eyed .

Eyedrop Eye"drop" noun A tear. [ Poetic] Shak.

Eyeflap Eye"flap" noun A blinder on a horse's bridle.

Eyeful Eye"ful adjective Filling or satisfying the eye; visible; remarkable. [ Obsolete] " Eyeful trophies." Chapman.

Eyeglance Eye"glance` noun A glance of eye.

Eyeglass Eye"glass` noun 1. A lens of glass to assist the sight. Eyeglasses are used singly or in pairs.

2. Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc.

3. The retina. [ Poetic]

4. A glass eyecup. See Eyecup .

Eyehole Eye"hole` noun A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet.

Eyelash Eye"lash` noun 1. The fringe of hair that edges the eyelid; -- usually in the plural

2. A hair of the fringe on the edge of the eyelid.

Eyeless Eye"less` adjective Without eyes; blind. " Eyeless rage." Shak.

Eyelet Eye"let` noun [ French œillet , dim. of œil eye, from Latin oculus . See Eye , and confer Oillet .] 1. A small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc.

2. A metal ring or grommet, or short metallic tube, the ends of which can be bent outward and over to fasten it in place; -- used to line an eyelet hole.

Eyelet hole , a hole made for an eyelet. -- Eyelet punch , a machine for punching eyelet holes and fastening eyelets, as in paper or cloth. -- Eyelet ring . See Eyelet , 2.

Eyeleteer Eye`let·eer" noun A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet holes; a stiletto.

Eyelid Eye`lid" noun (Anat.) The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which an animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure.

Eyen Ey"en noun plural Eyes. [ Obsolete] Chaucer. Spenser.

Eyepiece Eye"piece` noun (Opt.) The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a telescope or other optical instrument, through which the image formed by the mirror or object glass is viewed.

Collimating eyepiece . See under Collimate . -- Negative , or Huyghenian , eyepiece , an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses with their curved surfaces turned toward the object glass, and separated from each other by about half the sum of their focal distances, the image viewed by the eye being formed between the two lenses. it was devised by Huyghens, who applied it to the telescope. Campani applied it to the microscope, whence it is sometimes called Campani's eyepiece . -- Positive eyepiece , an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses placed with their curved surfaces toward each other, and separated by a distance somewhat less than the focal distance of the one nearest eye, the image of the object viewed being beyond both lenses; -- called also, from the name of the inventor, Ramsden's eyepiece . -- terrestrial , or Erecting eyepiece , an eyepiece used in telescopes for viewing terrestrial objects, consisting of three, or usually four, lenses, so arranged as to present the image of the object viewed in an erect position.

Eyer Ey"er noun One who eyes another. Gayton.

Eyereach Eye"reach` noun The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot. "A seat in eyereach of him." B. Jonson.

Eyesalve Eye"salve` noun Ointment for the eye.

Eyeservant Eye"serv`ant noun A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched.

Eyeservice Eye"serv`ice noun Service performed only under inspection, or the eye of an employer.

Not with eyeservice , as menpleasers.

Col. iii. 22.

Eyeshot Eye"shot` noun Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eyeshot . Dryden.

Eyesight Eye"sight` noun Sight of the eye; the sense of seeing; view; observation.

Josephus sets this down from his own eyesight .

Bp. Wilkins.

Eyesore Eye"sore` noun Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish.

Mordecai was an eyesore to Haman.

L'Estrange.

Eyestalk Eye"stalk` noun (Zoology) One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip.

Eyestone Eye"stone` (ī"stōn`) noun 1. A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small marine shell of the family Turbinidæ , used to remove a foreign substance from the eye. It is put into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with it the substance.

2. (Min.) Eye agate. See under Eye .

Eyestring Eye"string` noun The tendon by which the eye is moved. Shak.

Eyet Ey"et noun An island. See Eyot .

Eyetooth Eye"tooth (ī"tōth`) noun ; plural Eyeteeth (ī"tēth`) (Anat.) A canine tooth of the upper jaw. See Teeth .

To cut one's eyeteeth , to become acute or knowing. [ Colloq.]

Eyewash Eye"wash noun See Eyewater .

Eyewater Eye"wa`ter noun (Medicine) A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.

Eyewink Eye"wink` noun A wink; a token. Shak.

Eyewinker Eye"wink`er noun An eyelash. [ A child's word.]

Eyewitness Eye"wit`ness noun One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything.

We . . . were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

2 Pet. i. 16.

Eyghen Ey"ghen noun plural Eyes. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Eyght Eyght (āt) noun An island. See Eyot .

Eyle Eyle (āl) transitive verb & i. To ail. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Eyliad Ey"li·ad noun See Œiliad .

Eyne Eyne or Ey"en noun Plural of eye ; -- now obsolete, or used only in poetry. Shak.

With such a plaintive gaze their eyne
Are fastened upwardly on mine.

Mrs. Browning.

Eyot Ey"ot (ī"ŏt or āt) noun [ Ey (AS. īg or Icelandic ey ) + F. dim. termination -ot ; confer Anglo-Saxon īgeoð . See Island , and confer Ait .] A little island in a river or lake. See Ait . [ Written also ait , ayt , ey , eyet , and eyght .] Blackstone.

Eyr Eyr (âr) noun [ See Air .] Air. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Eyra Ey"ra noun [ Native South American name.] (Zoology) A wild cat ( Felis eyra ) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas. It is reddish yellow and about the size of the domestic cat, but with a more slender body and shorter legs.

Eyre Eyre (âr) noun [ Old French erre journey, march, way, from Latin iter , itineris , a going, way, from the root of ire to go. Confer Errant , Itinerant , Issue .] (O. Eng. Law) A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere ).

» They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit, holding courts in the different counties.

Eyren Ey"ren noun plural See Ey , an egg.

Eyrie, Eyry Ey"rie, Ey"ry (ā"rȳ or ē"rȳ; 277) , noun ; plural Ey"ries (-rĭz). [ See Aerie ] The nest of a bird of prey or other large bird that builds in a lofty place; aerie.

The eagle and the stork
On cliffs and cedar tops their eyries build.

Milton.

Eysell Ey"sell noun Same as Eisel . [ Obsolete] Shak.

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