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golden-eye
n.
the bird Certhialunulatu, Shaw; now called Melithreptus lunulatus,Shaw, and classed as White-nap...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Golden
·adj Made of gold; consisting of gold.
II. Golden ·adj Having the color of gold; as, the golden gra...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Eye
·noun Tinge; shade of color.
II. Eye ·noun A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.
III. Eye ·noun The ho...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Eye
(Heb. ain, meaning "flowing"), applied (1) to a fountain, frequently; (2) to colour (Num. 11:7; R.V....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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eye
It's all my eye and Betty Martin. It's all nonsense, all mere stuff.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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eye
The circular loop of a shroud or stay where it goes over the mast.
♦ To eye, to observe minutely.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Eye
(The practice of painting the eyelids to make the eyes look large, lustrous and languishing is often...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Golden State
·add. ·- California;
— a nickname alluding to its rich gold deposits.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Golden-rod
·noun A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. Th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Golden calf
(Ex. 32:4, 8; Deut. 9:16; Neh. 9:18). This was a molten image of a calf which the idolatrous Israeli...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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The Golden Cross
The sign of the Golden Cross in Temys Street, 1538 (L. and P. H. VIII. XIV. (1), p. 220).
No later ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Lane
North out of Holborn Hill, in parish of St. Andrew Holborn, west of the Fleet (S. 374).
First menti...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Lion
The signe of the Golding Lyon, which is some twelve houses short of Ave Mary lane (S. 314). In Pater...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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golden-chain
n.
another name for the Laburnum (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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golden-perch
n.
a fresh-water fish ofAustralia, Ctenolates ambiguus, Richards., family Percidae, and C. christyi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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golden-rosemary
n. See rosemary.
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golden-wattle
n.
See wattle.
1896. `The Argus,' July 20, p. 5, col. 8:
«Many persons who had been lured into ga...
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rosemary, golden
n.
name given in Tasmaniato the plant Oxylobium ellipticum, R. Br., N.O. Leguminosae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Bird's-eye
·adj Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple.
II. Bird's-...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Blue-eye
·noun The blue-cheeked honeysucker of Australia.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bull's-eye
·noun The center of a target.
II. Bull's-eye ·noun A small and thick old-fashioned watch.
III. Bul...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bullock's-eye
·noun ·see Bull's-eye, 3.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cat's-eye
·noun A variety of quartz or chalcedony, exhibiting opalescent reflections from within, like the eye...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cross-eye
·noun ·see <<Strabismus>>.
...
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Dead-eye
·noun A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Evil eye
·- ·see Evil eye under Evil, ·adj.
...
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Eye opener
·add. ·- That which makes the eyes open, as startling news or occurrence, or (U. S. Slang), a drink ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Eye-minded
·add. ·adj Having one's mental imagery prevailingly of the visual type; having one's thoughts and me...
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Eye-saint
·noun An object of interest to the eye; one worshiped with the eyes.
...
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Eye-splice
·noun A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Eye-spot
·noun An eyelike spot of color.
II. Eye-spot ·noun A simple visual organ found in many invertebrate...
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Eye-spotted
·adj Marked with spots like eyes.
...
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Ferret-eye
·noun The spur-winged goose;
— so called from the red circle around the eyes.
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Goggle-eye
·noun The <<Goggler>>.
II. Goggle-eye ·noun One of two or more species of American fresh-water fish...
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Heddle-eye
·noun The eye or loop formed in each heddle to receive a warp thread.
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Moon-eye
·noun The <<Cisco>>.
II. Moon-eye ·noun A eye affected by the moon; also, a disease in the eye of a...
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Sheep's-eye
·noun A modest, diffident look; a loving glance;
— commonly in the plural.
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Squint-eye
·noun An eye that squints.
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Tiger-eye
·noun A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much us...
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Wall-eye
·noun The alewife;
— called also wall-eyed herring.
II. Wall-eye ·noun A California surf fish (Hol...
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White-eye
·noun Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops pal...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Evil eye
(Prov. 23:6), figuratively, the envious or covetous. (Comp. Deut. 15:9; Matt. 20:15.)
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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black eye
We gave the bottle a black eye, i.e. drank it almost up. He cannot say black is the white of my eye;...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bull's eye
A crown-piece.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to cutty-eye
To look out of the corners of one's eyes, to leer, to look askance. The cull cutty-eyed at us; the f...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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eye-sore
A disagreeable object. It will be an eye-sore as long as she lives, said by a limn whose wife was cu...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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jew's eye
That's worth a Jew's eye; a pleasant or agreeable sight: a saying taken from Shakespeare.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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blue-eye
n.
a bird name. The Blue facedHoney-eater (q.v.).
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iv. p...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bull's-eye
n.
a fish of New South Wales, Priacanthus macracanthus, Cuv.and Val. Priacanthus, says Guenther, is...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ring-eye
n.
one of the many names for thebirds of the genus Zosterops (q.v.).
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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silver-eye
n.
a bird-name. Same as Wax-eye, White-eye, or Blight-bird (q.v.).
1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of N...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wax-eye
i.q. one of the many names for the birdcalled Silver-Eye, White-Eye, Blight-Bird,etc. See Zosterops....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white-eye
n.
another name for the bird calledvariously Silver-Eye, Wax-Eye, Blight-Bird, etc., Zosterops (q.v...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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buck-eye
In the Western States, the people of each are known by certain nicknames. The natives of Ohio are ca...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cross-eye
That sort of squint, by which both the eyes turn towards the nose, so that the rays, in passing to t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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eye-breen
the eye-brows. Lane. F.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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artificial eye
An eye worked in the end of rope, which is neater but not so strong as a spliced eye.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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bull's-eye
A sort of block without a sheave, for a rope to reeve through; it is grooved for stropping. Also, th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dead-eye
, or dead man's eye.
A sort of round flattish wooden block, or oblate piece of elm, encircled, and...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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elliot-eye
The Elliot-eye, introduced by the Hon. Admiral Elliot, secretary of the Admiralty, is an eye worked ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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eye-bolts
Those which have an eye or opening in one end, for hooking tackles to, or fastening ropes.
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eye-shot
Within sight.
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eye-sore
Any disagreeable object.
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eye-splice
(See splice.) A kind of splice made by turning the end of a rope back, and the strands passed throug...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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flemish eye
A kind of eye-splice, in which the ends are scraped down, tapered, passed oppositely, marled, and se...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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gimlet-eye
A penetrating gaze, which sees through a deal plank.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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made-eye
Synonymous with Flemish eye (which see).
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ox-eye
A small cloud, or weather-gall, seen on the coast of Africa, which presages a severe storm. It appea...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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weather-eye
"Keep your weather-eye open," be on your guard; look out for squalls.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Golden Cross Court
1) Out of Cateaton Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Named after the s...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Dragon Yard
Out of Long Lane, West Smithfield, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 284).
Not ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Fleece Court
East out of the Minories, the first turning from Aldgate High Street (P.O. Directory).
First mentio...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Fleece Hotel
At the southern end of Crown Court, Cheapside (O.S. 1880). In Cheap Ward.
Now called Kennan's Hotel...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Griffin Yard
North out of Long Lane, Aldersgate Street, at No. 19 (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
Name d...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Heart Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 83 (P.O. Directory). In Vintry Ward.
First mention: Lockie,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Key Court
South out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, near Basinghall Postern (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Lane, Cripplegate
North out of Barbican, at No. 33 to No. 58 Old Street. Partly in Cripplegate Ward Without, partly in...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Leg Court
South out of Cheapside at No. 66, between Bow Lane and Queen Street, in Cheap Ward (Elmes, 1831).
F...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Lion Court
East out of Aldersgate Street, north of Falcon Street, in Aldersgate Ward Within (O.S. 1880).
First...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Lyon Inn
West out of Red Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
"Wheatsheaf Brewhouse,"...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Mine Court
See Golden Lion Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bell-frog, golden
n.
See golden bell-frog.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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golden bell-frog
n.
name applied to a largegold and green frog, Hyla aurea, Less., which, unlikethe great majority o...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Bird's-eye maple
·- ·see under <<Maple>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bung your eye
Drink a dram; strictly speaking, to drink till one's eye is bunged up or closed.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock your eye
Shut one eye: thus translated into apothecaries Latin.--Gallus tuus ego.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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finger in eye
To put finger in eye; to weep: commonly applied to women. The more you cry the less you'll p-ss; a c...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bull's-eye cringle
A piece of wood in the form of a ring, which answers the purpose of an iron thimble; it is seldom us...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dead man's eye
See dead-eye
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Angel Alley, Golden Lane
See Angel Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Court, Golden Lane
East out of Golden Lane near the northern boundary of The City (Lockie, 1810 ; Elmes, 1831). In Crip...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell Alley, Golden Lane
West out of Golden Lane, on the northern boundary of the City and of Cripplegate Ward Without, runni...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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drop in the eye
Almost drunk.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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larry dugan's eye water
Blacking: Larry Dugan was a famous shoe-black at Dublin.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bird of the eye
the pupil or sight of the eye. Suff.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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eye of an anchor
The hole in the shank wherein the ring is fixed.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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eye of a stay
That part of a stay which is formed into a sort of collar to go round the mast-head; the eye and mou...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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eye of the wind
The direction to windward from whence it blows. (See wind's-eye.)
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eye of a block-strop
That part by which it is fastened or suspended to any particular place upon the sails, masts, or rig...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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half an eye, seeing with
Discerning instantly and clearly.
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score of a dead eye
The groove round which the rope passes.
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black's the white of my eye
When Jack avers that no one can say this or that of him. It is an indignant expression of innocence ...
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turn in a dead-eye or heart, to
To seize the end of a shroud or stay, &c., securely round it.
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