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Eye

noun

The organ of sight. Synonyms: oculus, optic.

Good discernment (either visually or as if visually). "He has an artist's eye"

Attention to what is seen.

An area that is approximately central within some larger region. Synonyms: center, centre, heart, middle. "They ran forward into the heart of the struggle" , "They were in the eye of the storm"

A small hole or loop (as in a needle).

verb

(past & past part. eyed; pres. part. eyeing or eying)

Look at. Synonym: eyeball.

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"Eye" Quotes from Famous Books

... recreation and amusement in safe surroundings, the monotonous and uninteresting nature of the work done as these untrained girls do it, the lack of external stimulus to pride and self-respect, and the absolutely unguarded state of the girl, except when directly under the eye of her mistress." ...

— A New Conscience And An Ancient Evil • Jane Addams

... ago have guessed that he was the evil eye of the Sawtooth Company. He took no orders save such general ones as Senator Warfield had just given him. He gave none. Whatever he did he did alone, and he took no man into his confidence. It is more than probable that Senator Warfield ...

— Sawtooth Ranch • B. M. Bower

... girls are confined for four or five years in small cages, being kept in the dark and not allowed to set foot on the ground. The custom has been thus described by an eye-witness. "I heard from a teacher about some strange custom connected with some of the young girls here, so I asked the chief to take me to the house where they were. The house was about twenty-five feet in length, and stood in a reed and bamboo enclosure, ...

— The Golden Bough - A study of magic and religion • Sir James George Frazer

... vanquished. He himself recognized the absurdity of all these things, but his safety lay in the fact that the populace at large were incapable of reasoning for themselves; they saw only that which was visible to the eye. ...

— The Adventures of Kathlyn • Harold MacGrath

... lover of natural history then, one who views the gradations in all the races of animals with the eye of philosophy, excuse an effort to keep those in the department of MAN as distinct as nature ...

— Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life - And Also Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States of America • David Walker and Henry Highland Garnet

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