bulls-eye

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BULL'S-EYE, noun [bull and eye.] Among seamen, a piece of wood in the form of a ring, answering the purpose of a thimble. 1. Aldebaran, a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Taurus. 2. A small obscure cloud, ruddy in the middle, portending a great storm. BULL'-FACED, adjective Having a large face. BULL'-FEAST, noun [See Bull-fight.]
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