Eye \Eye\ ([imac]), n. [Prob. fr. nye, an eye being for a nye. See {Nye}.] (Zo["o]l.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.
Eye \Eye\ ([imac]), n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. e['a]ge; akin to OFries. [=a]ge, OS. [=o]ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel. auga, Sw. ["o]ga, Dan. ["o]ie, Goth. aug[=o]; cf. OSlav. oko, Lith. akis, L. okulus, Gr. 'o`kkos, eye, 'o`sse, 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 eyes 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 eye are 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 eye into 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 eye of a sailor; an eye for 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.
Booksellers . . . have an eye to their own advantage. --Addison.
6. That which resembles the organ of sight, in form, position, or appearance; as: (a) (Zo["o]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 eye of 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 eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope. (h) The hole through the upper millstone.
7. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty. ``The very eye of that proverb.'' --Shak.
Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts. --Milton.
8. Tinge; shade of color. [Obs.]
Red with an eye of 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.
{Eye agate}, a kind of circle agate, the central parts of which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass. --Brande & C.
{Eye animalcule} (Zo["o]l), a flagellate infusorian belonging to {Euglena} and related genera; -- so called because it has a colored spot like an eye at one end.
{Eye doctor}, an opthalmologist or optometrist; -- formerly called an oculist.
{Eye of a volute} (Arch.), the circle in the center of volute.
{Eye of day}, {Eye of the morning}, {Eye of heaven}, the sun. ``So gently shuts the eye of day.'' --Mrs. Barbauld.
{Eye of 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. ``Those who have but half an eye.'' --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 eye to}, to pay particular attention to; to watch. ``Have an eye to Cinna.'' --Shak.
{To keep an eye on}, to watch.
{To set the eyes on}, to see; to have a sight of.
{In the eye of the wind} (Naut.), in a direction opposed to the wind; as, a ship sails in the eye of the wind.
Eye \Eye\ ([imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eyed} ([imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Eying or Eyeing}.] To fix the eye on; to stare at; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to hold in view.
Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportioned strength. --Milton.
Eye \Eye\, v. i. To appear; to look. [Obs.]
My becomings kill me, when they do not Eye well to you. --Shak.
For nervous Conservative backbenchers with an eye on the next election, that might be no bad thing.
"Keep your eye on the state finances," says John Marino, New York's Democratic chairman and a close Cuomo adviser.
Mayor David Dinkins condemned "eye for an eye" violence after a gang of blacks attacked three Vietnamese they mistook for Koreans, fracturing one man's skull blocks from a black boycott of two Korean stores.
Mayor David Dinkins condemned "eye for an eye" violence after a gang of blacks attacked three Vietnamese they mistook for Koreans, fracturing one man's skull blocks from a black boycott of two Korean stores.
His clothes caught the eye of the fussy and discriminating Chambre Syndicale, which in 1988 unanimously elected him a member of the ready-to-wear branch.
And Freeman stayed in the business until an eye ailment forced his retirement a few months ago.
Mr. Riethmiller woos both ear and eye.
A spokeswoman for the medical products maker said proceeds will be used for research in cardiovascular and eye treatment.
That allows eye exams to last 15 minutes or longer, compared with three to four minutes with conventional ophthalmoscopes, he adds.
"The power company is getting all the lines out of the way, the highway department is cleaning up the roads and the fire department is keeping an eye on peoples' property," Augusta Springs firefighter Frank Sours said early today.
After years of being passed over by the fashion establishment, the 48-year-old woman with the ever-youthful eye was named Designer of the Year Monday night at a star-studded charity gala at the Royal Albert Hall.
Japanese studies in the 1970s suggested that this overgrowth of blood vessels could be halted and the eye allowed to develop normally if the sclera, the white of the eye, is frozen briefly.
Japanese studies in the 1970s suggested that this overgrowth of blood vessels could be halted and the eye allowed to develop normally if the sclera, the white of the eye, is frozen briefly.
"The U.S. ought to keep its eye on the Iranian negotiations and not on the Lebanese negotiations," said former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger yesterday on ABC-TV's "This Week with David Brinkley."
Replacing them are today's multiple-dealership, well-heeled businessmen with one eye on the auto industry and the other on real estate.
"We are cooperating with the Navy to keep this as small a black eye as we can," said William Bitner, of the Immigration and Naturalization Service's Norfolk office.
With his third novel, "The Remains of the Day," the 35-year-old novelist has turned his eye on his adopted country with an imaginative tour de force built around that most British of institutions, the butler.
One of the sea lions, nicknamed Blue Eye because of a cataract on his eye, has been a problem for three years, said Bob DeLong, marine mammal biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service.
But he has not taken his eye off the road through the tricky landscape of recession.
He had stitches over his left eye and cheek.
An on-screen image can, at a quick glance, draw the eye to an unusual spike of red or dash of blue, revealing patterns that numbers need thousands of rows to show.
But to the practiced eye, and in the right vineyard, it is a godsend.
With an eye on new markets in the Midwest and West, Saks Fifth Avenue will spend $300 million over five years to modernize and expand, the retail fashion chain said.
It would prefer to cherry pick individual properties, while keeping a stern eye on its own gearing, now at 43 per cent. 'We are not going to buy because brokers say we should,' says Mr Hunt.
In the eye of the hurricane whipped up by the bidding stood the unassuming Hugel, who is described by those who know him as an innovative businessman who quietly tackles goals that some will only talk about.
But that proved unnecessary when the door was opened Friday morning, exposing the telescope's finely polished 94.5-inch eye to starlight for the first time.
The legion was originally based there with the purpose of keeping an eye on King Hassan II of Morocco, who in the mid-1970s successfully and peacefully invaded Spanish Sahara and recovered the territory.
Most Matisses appeal to the eye.
It still looks like the full-screen, black-and-white eye, which had been the network's symbol since the early 1950s.
"Anybody just handling the cartons could be poisoned if they put their hands in their mouth or eye.