eye

EYE, noun pronounced as I. [Latin oculus, a diminutive. The old English plural was eyen, or eyne.] 1. The organ of sight or vision; properly, the globe or ball movable in the orbit. The eye is nearly of a spherical figure, and composed of coats or tunics. But in the term eye we often or usually include the ball and the parts adjacent. 2. Sight; view; ocular knowledge; as, I have a man now in my eye In this sense, the plural is more generally used. Before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you. Galatians 3:1. 3. Look; countenance. I'll say yon gray is not the morning's eye 4. Front; face. Her shall you hear disproved to your eyes. 5. Direct opposition; as, to sail in the wind's eye 6. Aspect; regard; respect; view. Booksellers mention with respect the authors they have printed, and consequently have an eye to their own advantage. 7. Notice; observation; vigilance; watch. After this jealousy, he kept a strict eye upon him. 8. View of the mind; opinion formed by observation or contemplation. It hath, in their eye no great affinity with the form of the church of Rome. 9. Sight; view, either in a literal or figurative sense. 10. Something resembling the eye in form; as the eye of a peacock's feather. 11. A small hole or aperture; a perforation; as the eye of a needle. 12. A small catch for a hook; as we say, hooks and eyes. in nearly the same sense, the word is applied to certain fastenings in the cordage of ships. 13. The bud of a plant; a shoot. 14. A small shade of color. [Little used.] Red with an eye of blue makes a purple. 15. The power of perception. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened. Ephesians 1:18. 16. Oversight; inspection. The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands. The eyes of a ship, are the parts which lie near the hawse-holes, particularly in the lower apartments. To set the eyes on, is to see; to have a sight of. To find favor in the eyes, is to be graciously received and treated. EYE, noun A brood; as an eye of pheasants. EYE, verb transitive To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention. EYE nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies. EYE, verb intransitive To appear; to have an appearance.