Webster's Dictionary 1913

4969

Eyeservant

Eye″serv′ant (?), n. A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched.

4970

Eyeservice

Eye″serv′ice (?), n. Service performed only under inspection, or the eye of an employer.Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers. Col. iii. 22.

4971

Eyeshot

Eye″shot′ (?), n. Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eyeshot. Dryden.

4972

Eyesight

Eye″sight′ (?), n. Sight of the eye; the sense of seeing; view; observation.Josephus sets this down from his own eyesight. Bp. Wilkins.

4973

Eyesore

Eye″sore′ (?), n. Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish.Mordecai was an eyesore to Haman. L'Estrange.

4974

Eyestalk

Eye″stalk′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip.

4975

Eyestone

Eye″stone′ (ī″stōn′), n. 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 ...

4976

Eyestring

Eye″string′ (?), n. The tendon by which the eye is moved. Shak.

4977

Eyet

Ey″et (?), n. An island. See Eyot.

4978

Eyetooth

Eye″tooth (ī″to͞oth′), n.; pl.Eyeteeth (ī″tēth′) (Anat.) A canine tooth of the upper jaw. See Teeth.To cut one's eyeteeth, to become acute or knowing.

4979

Eyewash

Eye″wash (?), n. See Eyewater.

4980

Eyewater

Eye″wa′ter (?), n.(Med.) A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.

4981

Eyewink

Eye″wink′ (?), n. A wink; a token. Shak.

4982

Eyewinker

Eye″wink′er (?), n. An eyelash.

4983

Eyewitness

Eye″wit′ness (?), n. One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything.We... were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 2 Pet. i. 16.

4984

Eyghen

Ey″ghen (?), n. pl. Eyes. Chaucer.

4985

Eyght

Eyght (āt), n. An island. See Eyot.

4986

Eyle

Eyle (āl) v. t. & i. To ail. Chaucer.

4987

Eyliad

Ey″li‐ad (?), n. See Œiliad.

4988

Eyne

{ Eyne (?), orEy″en (?) }, n. Plural of eye; — now obsolete, or used only in poetry. Shak.With such a plaintive gaze their eyneAre fastened upwardly on mine. Mrs. Browning.

4989

Eyot

Ey″ot (ī″ŏt or āt), n. [Ey (AS. īg or Icel. ey) + F. dim. termination -ot; cf. AS. īgeoð. See Island, and cf. Ait.] A little island in a river or lake. See Ait. [Written also ai...

4990

Eyr

Eyr (âr), n. [See Air.] Air. Chaucer.

4991

Eyra

‖Ey″ra (?), n.(Zoöl.) 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 an...

4992

Eyre

Eyre (âr), n. [OF. erre journey, march, way, fr. L. iter, itineris, a going, way, fr. the root of ire to go. Cf. Errant, Itinerant, Issue.] (O. Eng. Law) A journey in circuit of...

4993

Eyren

Ey″ren (?), n. pl. See Ey, an egg.

4994

Eyrie

{ Ey″rie, Ey″ry (ā″ry̆ or ē″ry̆; 277) }, n.; pl. 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...

4995

Eysell

Ey″sell (?), n. Same as Eisel. Shak.