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Non-standard spelling emphasizing a pronunciation
Eye dialect is a writer's use of deliberately nonstandard spelling. This is because they do not consider the standard spelling a good reflection of the
Eye_dialect
Variant of a language
dialect or idiolect may be portrayed in written form with eye dialect. A standard dialect, also known as a "standardized language", is supported by institutions
Dialect
Orthography based on pronunciation
dialects or idiolects to create an impression of backwardness or illiteracy in the speaker. This is called literary dialect, often called eye dialect
Pronunciation_respelling
Topics referred to by the same term
Fuhgeddaboudit, an eye dialect spelling of "forget about it," may refer to: Fuhgeddaboudit, a stereotypical phrase from New York City English, included
Fuhgeddaboudit
Historical novel by Winston Graham
descriptions of setting and the way it introduces readers to Anglo-Cornish eye-dialect as important features of the text: "But perhaps more importantly, a vividly
Ross_Poldark_(novel)
Feminist alternative spellings of "women"
by George P. Krapp (1872–1934), an American scholar of English, to be eye dialect, the literary technique of using nonstandard spelling that implies a
Alternative spellings of woman
Alternative_spellings_of_woman
Set of conventions to represent words in writing
misspellings that emphasize the pronunciation of a regional dialect are part of eye dialect (such as writing "'Murica'" instead of "America", or "helluva"
Spelling
Scots as spoken in Ulster, Ireland
Ulster-Scots (Ulstèr-Scotch) also known as Ulster Scotch and Ullans, is the dialect of Scots spoken in parts of Ulster, being almost exclusively spoken in
Ulster_Scots_dialect
Topics referred to by the same term
for the album The Algorithm, by American rock band Filter 'Murica, an eye dialect slang term referring to the United States (wiktionary: 'Murica) Merica
Murica
1935 book by Zora Neale Hurston
traditions. Many of the folktales are told in vernacular eye dialect, attempting to portray the dialect and diction of the Black communities that Hurston studied
Mules_and_Men
Common speech variety of a specific population
Linton Kwesi Johnson) where it is sometimes described as eye dialect. Nonstandard dialects have been used in classic literature throughout history. One
Vernacular
Linguistic style used for casual communication
communication for those people unfamiliar with the respective field. Eye dialect Oral history Vernacular Zdunkiewicz-Jedynak, Dorota (2006). "ABC stylistyki"
Colloquialism
Deliberate misspelling for comic effect
common usage of cacography is to caricature illiterate speakers, as with eye dialect spelling. Others include the use to indicate that something was written
Cacography
Topics referred to by the same term
Back at Ya! Tuff TV, digital broadcast television network "Tuff", an eye dialect spelling of "tough" used as 2020s slang TUF (disambiguation) Tough (disambiguation)
Tuff_(disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Dialectic, a method of argument Eye dialect This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dialect. If an internal link incorrectly
Dialect_(disambiguation)
Meme in the Russian-speaking Internet
spelled áффтар (áfftar) or áфтар (áftar). The latter exhibits a sort of eye dialect. This meme has made its way to the American spotlight, as another reference
Preved
Topics referred to by the same term
Sho' Nuff is an eye dialect spelling of a slang expression meaning "sure enough", as expressed in African American Vernacular English. It was widely used
Sho'nuff
Folktale of the southern United States
African griot. The stories are written in an eye dialect devised by Harris to represent a Deep South Black dialect. Uncle Remus is a compilation of Br'er Rabbit
Uncle_Remus
shared vibes with a statement. Often accompanied by pmo and icl. tuff Eye dialect spelling of tough. Commonly meaning something or someone is cool or impressive
Glossary_of_2020s_slang
Topics referred to by the same term
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sista may refer to: "Sister", spelled in eye dialect Sista River, a river in Russia's Leningrad Oblast which drains into Koporye
Sista
English language word
of 300 times per episode, much to the annoyance of viewers. A common eye dialect spelling is lyk. Like button Andersen, Gisle. (1998). The pragmatic marker
Like
Topics referred to by the same term
titles beginning with After All pages with titles containing After Arter, eye dialect spelling of "after" Ater "Afterward", a 1910 short story by Edith Wharton
After
Shortening of words or phrases
"dånesæsæsjæl" (note the letters Å and Æ, and the word "sjæl", as an eye dialect spelling of selv). R-dropping, being present in the example, is especially
Contraction_(grammar)
Internet "language" and slang
in place of more conventional expletives. Some words also come from eye dialect spellings of English words, such as fren, meaning "friend". In 2023,
DoggoLingo
2005 studio album by T-Pain
singer T-Pain, it was released on December 6, 2005. The title is an eye dialect of the phrase "rapper turned singer." One of the leftover tracks from
Rappa_Ternt_Sanga
1990 single by The Saw Doctors
"I Useta Lover" (/ˈjuːstə/, eye dialect of "I used to love her") is a 1990 song by Irish rock group The Saw Doctors. It is the second single off the If
I_Useta_Lover
covers the phonology of the Orsmaal-Gussenhoven dialect, a variety of Getelands (a transitional dialect between South Brabantian and West Limburgish) spoken
Orsmaal-Gussenhoven dialect phonology
Orsmaal-Gussenhoven_dialect_phonology
Topics referred to by the same term
Sanskrit root of Vidya, meaning "to know" and related to "veda". "vid", Eye dialect spelling of "with" Vid (given name), Slavic given name Vid or Svetovid
Vid
Variety of French spoken in Quebec
is the transformation of elle to [a], sometimes written "a" or "à" in eye dialect or al [al], and less often [ɛ], [e], sometimes written "è." Elle est
Quebec_French
Musical form and style of flamenco
hondo ("deep") spelled with J (Spanish pronunciation: [x]) as a form of eye dialect, because traditional Andalusian pronunciation has retained an aspirated
Cante_jondo
Internet slang neologism
knowledge or skills, as an insult, or to reinforce a group's elitism (cf. eye dialect). Ross, Nigel (July 2006). "Writing in the Information Age". English
Teh
Austroasiatic language
Northern dialect and [j] in the Central and Southern dialect) and r ([z] in the Northern dialect and [r] in the Central and Southern dialects). Thus, the
Vietnamese_language
Rhyme where words are spelled similarly but pronounced differently
lilies out of mind... — "Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae" Eye dialect Spelling pronunciation "Rhyme". Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia (6th
Eye_rhyme
Deliberate misspelling of a word for special effect
(as in "lead singer", "lead guitarist", etc.) Cacography Catachresis Eye dialect Inventive spelling, the use of unconventional spellings in language learning
Sensational_spelling
Expression considered non-standard, characteristic of uneducated speech or writing
work may be used deliberately to further characterization, by use of "eye dialect" or simply by vocabulary choice. Barbarism (linguistics) Disputes in
Vulgarism
Symbol
Ukrainian dialect, translates to "All will pass but God's eye does not pass you." The Eye of Providence in a Jewish cemetery in Kamienna Góra All-Seeing Eye on
Eye_of_Providence
English sociolects spoken by black people in the US and Canada
features, or to contribute to the impression that AAVE is being used (eye dialect). More recently, authors have begun focusing on grammatical cues, and
African-American_English
Visual representation of speech sounds
hierarchy of this consonant are explained below: English Phonetic Alphabet Eye dialect, deliberately nonstandard spelling to demonstrate pronunciation in literature
Phonetic_transcription
Phonological process involving the addition of one or more sounds to a word
Berrege and Utereg in eye dialect. The exact details vary depending on the language and dialect, with some dialects (such as many dialects of Limburgish) permitting
Epenthesis
1794 novel by Anna Maria Bennett
nobility. Today, the novel is acknowledged for its early use of Welsh eye dialect as a literary device, pre-dating the previously-known earliest use of
Ellen, Countess of Castle Howel
Ellen,_Countess_of_Castle_Howel
Topics referred to by the same term
Wiggeren, a river in Switzerland "Wigger", a 2013 song by Anouk English eye dialect for Uyghur Wiggers, a Germanic patronymic surname Wigmore Hall, a recital
Wigger_(disambiguation)
Given name
Yosef (disambiguation), a variation of the name in Hebrew, and the Dutch eye dialect of the name Yusuf (disambiguation), as rendered in Islam/Arabic "JOSEPH"
Joseph
Coincidentally, this styling is known as "eye dialect" — a term that pre-dates publication of Private Eye. "Dirty Des" is the nickname frequently used
Recurring jokes in Private Eye
Recurring_jokes_in_Private_Eye
2017 animated film
score of 39% based on 18 reviews with an average rating of 4.90/10. An eye dialect of "mother fuckers". "Mutafukaz-Annecy Film Credits". Archived from the
Mutafukaz
American campaign
often quoted the strikers with their New York accents, depicted as an eye dialect, using such sayings as "Me nobul men is all loyal." The face of the strike
Newsboys'_strike_of_1899
the syntax used in spoken Quebec French and the syntax of other regional dialects of French. In French-speaking Canada, however, the characteristic differences
Quebec_French_syntax
non-Danish speakers to pronounce. The sentence De zon in de zee zien zakken (Eye dialect: De son in de see sien sakke) 'to see the sun go under the sea', pronounced
List_of_shibboleths
Romanian dialect
"chicken"), oichi (ochi, "eye") and a străfiga (a strănuta, "to sneeze"). A well-known particularity of the Oltenian dialect is the widespread usage of
Oltenian_dialect
Elision through dissimilation
→ monomial urine analysis → urinalysis Colloquial (non-standard and eye dialect spellings signalled by #): library (RP: /ˈlaɪbrəri/) → #libry /ˈlaɪbri/
Haplology
Topics referred to by the same term
Sayin may refer to Sayin', eye dialect for "saying" Sayin, a god worshipped in pre-Islamic Arabia Sayin Khan, a Turkmen confederation Sayın, a Turkish
Sayin
Topics referred to by the same term
Succa people, an early indigenous people of the Carolinas Succa, an eye dialect spelling of sucker This disambiguation page lists articles associated
Succa
Jamaican-British nurse and businesswoman (1805–1881)
reformation of American manners". Salih notes Seacole's use here of eye dialect, set against her own English, as an implicit inversion of the day's caricatures
Mary_Seacole
American song
Another now-obscured possible meaning derives from jim crack being eye dialect for gimcrack ("worthless"). In this interpretation, the narrator is so
Jimmy_Crack_Corn
A postcard showing an African-American girl eating a large watermelon; note the use of eye dialect to reinforce the stereotype
Stereotypes of African Americans
Stereotypes_of_African_Americans
Book by Nick Cave
narrated in the protagonist's silent Southern drawl, which Cave writes in eye dialect. One particularly present theme is Man's inhumanity to man and their
And_the_Ass_Saw_the_Angel
More Poems. The poem is one of Riley's most famous and is written in eye dialect. It tells of events in Riley's youth as he reminisces about the Brandywine
The_Old_Swimmin'_Hole_(poem)
Scots language; tens of thousands of articles were in fact English with eye dialect spellings to suggest a Scottish accent, or word-by-word machine translations
List of Wikipedia controversies
List_of_Wikipedia_controversies
Regional dialect of American English
used much less or differently in other American English dialects. down the ocean – (eye-dialect spellings include dayown the ocean or downy ocean) "down
Baltimore_accent
Japanese dialect
The Kansai dialect (関西弁・関西方言, Kansai-ben, Kansai hōgen; Japanese pronunciation: [kaɰ̃.sai.beɴ, kaɰ̃.sai hoː.ɡeꜜɴ, -ŋeꜜɴ, kaɰ̃.sai hoꜜː.ɡeɴ, -ŋeɴ]) is
Kansai_dialect
tear in my e'e* How many ships sail through the forest? e'e is an eye dialect form of "eye", pronounced [i:], used in Scotland and the far north of England
I_Once_Loved_a_Lass
Variety of English
native to the Bahamas. English is the country's official language. Bahamian dialect is the vernacular speech of the Bahamas, spoken by the majority of the
Bahamian_English
Sinitic language spoken in East Asia
Hokkien dialects Dongshan dialect (東山腔; Tang-soaⁿ khioⁿ) Yunxiao dialect (雲霄腔; Ûn-sio khioⁿ) Zhangpu dialect (漳浦腔; Chiuⁿ-phó͘ khioⁿ) Zhao'an dialect (詔安腔;
Hokkien
Non-standard language usage
" ("I give them a gift.") Hypocorrection English usage controversies Eye dialect List of English words with disputed usage Mondegreen Regularization (linguistics)
Hypercorrection
1931 memoir by J. R. Ackerley
making allowances for the time of its writing. There is only one use of eye dialect (avay is used on a couple of occasions for "away"); instead, much of
Hindoo_Holiday
Scottish comic strip
is possible that the name was an ironic reference to this. Bain used eye dialect for the strip to approximate (and knowingly stereotype) a Western Isles
Angus_Og_(comics)
2023 novel by Robert Wringham
humour. Some of his characters speak in regional accents, making use of eye dialect. He also suggests that the novel relates to working-class experience
Rub-A-Dub-Dub_(novel)
Dialects of English spoken in Yorkshire, England
Yorkshire Dialect Society and the East Riding Dialect Society exist to promote the survival of the more traditional features. The dialects have been represented
Yorkshire_dialect
Overview of dialects of Albanian
vowel can become [ø] as in [sø] for sy "eye" (Mat and Krujë). bj/pj: These may yield bgj or pq in some dialects (e.g. pqeshkë for pjeshkë "peach" in Negotin)
Albanian_dialects
Differences in pronunciation between British and American standard English
always /ɒ/ in RP, both older and contemporary). This is reflected in the "eye dialect" spelling "dawg" for dog. "Long o" and "short o" before intervocalic
Comparison of General American and Received Pronunciation
Comparison_of_General_American_and_Received_Pronunciation
Comune in Sicily, Italy
March 2019. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019. Eye dialect: I Putieddi v t e
Fiumefreddo_di_Sicilia
1934–1977 American comic strip by Al Capp
Li'l Abner using his approximation of a mock-southern dialect (including phonetic sounds, eye dialect, incorrect spelling, and malapropisms). He interspersed
Li'l_Abner
Bantu language
(Shimaore), is closely related to Swahili and is sometimes considered a dialect of Swahili, although other authorities consider it a distinct language
Swahili
Phonetic phenomenon
accents), and my (pronounced [mɨ] or [mi]). These are sometimes given the eye dialect spellings yer and me. In highly formal registers with exaggeratedly careful
Stress and vowel reduction in English
Stress_and_vowel_reduction_in_English
Book by Emlyn Williams
stream-of-consciousness writing—with phonetically rendered dialogue and eye dialect used to reflect the heavy regional accents and speech idioms of the working
Beyond Belief: A Chronicle of Murder and Its Detection
Beyond_Belief:_A_Chronicle_of_Murder_and_Its_Detection
Welsh author and theosophist
Sunrise. McCaffery, R.J. (Spring 2000). "Kenneth Morris (1879–1937)", Eye Dialect (Issue Two). Archived 15 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine Speculative
Kenneth_Morris_(author)
New Mexico ghost town
postmaster who first transcribed the name without i, according to an eye dialect. The place names of New Mexico (2 ed.). p. 15. U.S. Geological Survey
Añal,_New_Mexico
Linguistic comparison
is not—as third-person singular), pessoas, pessoal, [meu] povo, cês (eye dialect for vocês in colloquial pronunciation), and galera (the latter mainly
Comparison of Portuguese and Spanish
Comparison_of_Portuguese_and_Spanish
Eastern Min Chinese language
linguistic definition Fuzhou is a language and not a dialect (conferring the variety a 'dialect' status is more socio-politically motivated than linguistic)
Fuzhou_dialect
Surname list
Solomon Arter House is named Charlotte Arter (born 1991), Welsh runner Eye dialect spelling of "after" Arter Island, see Kuş Island Arter & Hadden, former
Arter
"Jints" – New York Giants, NFL; used occasionally by local media, as eye dialect for the team's name. Also used for the baseball team while it was in
List of North American football nicknames
List_of_North_American_football_nicknames
Bolivian poet (born 1938)
natural features and distinctive elements of local culture; instances of eye dialect indicating that the speaker is to be read as pronouncing words in a manner
Udalrico_Zambrana
Swedish association football club
name Helsingborgs Idrottsförening Nickname Di Röe ("The Red Ones" in Eye dialect) Short name HIF Founded 4 June 1907; 119 years ago (1907-06-04) Ground
Helsingborgs_IF
Verbs in the English language
/ɪŋ/, although in many regional dialects the final consonant sound is pronounced /n/, sometimes represented in eye dialect by spellings such as huntin' (see
English_verbs
River in Kentucky, United States
favourite name to use in stories about travelling in Kentucky, although the eye dialect pronunciation of "Hell For Sartin" that is employed by storytellers is
Middle_Fork_Kentucky_River
American cartoonist (1870-1939)
holding binoculars, asks the ship's captain in broken English and with eye dialect to simulate a German accent, "Who Iss It. Vat boat?" The captain, pointing
T._E._Powers
Deliberate misspelling for rhetorical purposes
mispronunciations, ungrammaticisms, dialect variants, or interjections. The British political satire magazine Private Eye has a long-standing theme of insulting
Satiric_misspelling
Accent and dialect of English in the Liverpool City Region
known as Liverpool English or Merseyside English, is an English accent and dialect associated with the city of Liverpool and the surrounding Merseyside area
Scouse
Any of several English dialects spoken in Northumbria, England
Northumberland and Durham dialect, Northumbrian dialect, or in England North East dialect is any one of several traditional English dialects spoken in the historic
Northumbrian_dialect
British satirical and current affairs magazine
Private Eye is a British fortnightly satirical and current affairs news magazine, founded in 1961. It is published in London and has been edited by Ian
Private_Eye
Punctuation or diacritical mark (')
is opening night. "Friday's" here is a contraction of "Friday is".) Eye dialects use apostrophes in creating the effect of a non-standard pronunciation
Apostrophe
Variety of French spoken in New Caledonia
Other Anglicisms present in New Caledonian French include blady (an eye dialect spelling of and with the same meaning as the intensifier "bloody"), carport
New_Caledonian_French
Small set of grammatically distinctive verbs of English
works employing eye dialect, including J. Sheridan Le Fanu's Uncle Silas. It is also found in a ballad written in Newfoundland dialect. Han't or ha'n't
English_auxiliary_verbs
West Germanic language
distinguishing a language from a dialect, scholars and other interested parties often disagree about whether Scots is a dialect of English or a separate language
Scots_language
English spelling reform proposal
time of writing, the author's personal preferences, or the author's (eye) dialect. It was on th furst dae of th nue yeer th anounsment was maed, aulmoest
SoundSpel
English dialect of northwestern England
Cumbrian dialect or Cumberland dialect is a local dialect of Northern England in decline, spoken in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the
Cumbrian_dialect
American poet and diplomat (1819–1891)
19th-century rural Yankee dialect, complete with nonstandard local grammar and quasi-phonetic spelling—a literary method called eye dialect. In using this vernacular
James_Russell_Lowell
American politician
In reporting on one of Crutchfield's speeches, the correspondent used eye dialect to depict to Crutchfield's thick Southern accent. Crutchfield's biggest
William_Crutchfield
American country folk song
true. The lyrics of this version, in non-dialectal standard American English are: Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe, What did make you serve me so, For
Cotton-Eyed_Joe
Group of dialects of Finnish
The Savo dialects (also called Savonian dialects or Savo Finnish) (Finnish: Savolaismurteet) are forms of the Finnish language spoken in Savo and other
Savo_dialects
orthography that presents the reader with the difficult combination of eye dialect, dense Scots, and a greater variety of verse forms than employed hitherto
Irish_literature
EYE DIALECT
EYE DIALECT
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old French pie, pye ‘magpie’ (Latin pica), applied as a nickname for a talkative or thievish person. The modern English name of the bird, not found before the 17th century, is from the earlier dialect term maggot-pie, formed by the addition of Mag, Maggot, pet forms of the female personal name Margaret.Welsh : variant of Pugh.
Girl/Female
British, English, Malaysian
Happy; Creative Spelling of Eve
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Middle English word tye, TYE means "pasture."
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Modern
Eye-liner of Lord Krishna's Eyes
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Daye, DEYE means "day."
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Gods Third Eye; Relax Eyes; Relate to Eye
Male
English
Pet form of English Dennis, DYE means "follower of Dionysos."
Male
Welsh
Pet form of Welsh Aneirin, NYE means "modest, noble."Â
Female
English
Anglicized form of Greek Eva (Latin Heva, Hebrew Chavvah), EVE means "life." In the bible, this is the name of the first woman, Adam's wife.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; possibly a respelling of Kay 6, a shortened form of Scottish and Irish McKay.Korean : There is only one Chinese character and one clan for the Kye family name. According to the Kye family genealogy, the clan was founded by a Ming Dynasty government official named Kye SÅk-son who migrated to KoryÅ and settled in today’s Suan County of Hwanghae Province. The majority of bearers of the Kye family name today live in North Korea.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow, pasture, or patch of arable land, Middle English l(e)ye (late Old English lēage, dative of lēah ‘wood’, ‘glade’); or a habitational name from Lye in Herefordshire (with the same etymology).French : habitational name from Lye in Indre.French (Lyé) : habitational name from places called Lié in Deux-Sèvres and Vendée.Norwegian : habitational name from a farmstead in Rogaland named Lye, Old Norse Lýgi meaning ‘alliance’, ‘covenant’, used to denote a place sanctified by such an agreement, such as a court or council meeting place.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Cambridge, Hereford, and Suffolk named from Old English ēg, a term denoting low-lying land, an island or promontory, or an area of dry land in a marsh.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : topographic name for someone who lived by a common pasture, Middle English tye (Old English tēag).North German : from a short form, Tide, of the personal name Dietrich.
Girl/Female
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Eyelashes; Eye Lid; Eyes; Blinking
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on an island or patch of firm ground surrounded by fens, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter ye ‘at the island’ (from Old English ēg, īeg ‘island’).English : topographic name for someone who lived near a river or stream, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter eye ‘at the river’ (from Old English ēa ‘river’).English : topographic name for someone living at a place where rye (Old English ryge) was grown, or perhaps a metonymic occupational name for someone who grew or sold it.Norwegian : habitational name from a farmstead so named, most of them from Old Norse rjóðr ‘clearing in a forest’, but others from ry ‘dry place with stones’.Danish : habitational name from a place called Rye.
Girl/Female
Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Eyes; Eye
Girl/Female
British, English
Rye
Female
Turkish
Turkish name ECE means "queen."
Male
Yiddish
(עֶלְיָ×) Variant spelling of Yiddish Elya, ELYE means "the Lord is my God."
Girl/Female
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Broad Eye; One with Big Eyes; Large Eyed; Goddess Durga
EYE DIALECT
EYE DIALECT
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Deep Insight
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of Latin Emidius, EMIDIO means "half-god, demigod." Literally, this name also means "weary, tired."
Female
English
Variant form of English Andrea, OHNDREEA means "man; warrior."
Boy/Male
British, English
Son of William
Female
English
Feminine form of Latin Alexius, ALEXIA means "defender."
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Appreciate
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
One Eyed; Shiva
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Believer of Allah
Girl/Female
Tamil
Successful, Love of Krishna Radha
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Owner of Comfort
EYE DIALECT
EYE DIALECT
EYE DIALECT
EYE DIALECT
EYE DIALECT
a.
Heaving (such or so many) eyes; -- used in composition; as sharp-eyed; dull-eyed; sad-eyed; ox-eyed Juno; myriad-eyed.
a.
Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace.
n.
The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence, judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of objects; as, to have the eye of sailor; an eye for the beautiful or picturesque.
imp. & p. p.
of Eye
n.
A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.
a.
Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed.
v. t.
To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to hold in view.
n.
That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.
n.
A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope.
n.
The brightness of the eye or eyes.
n.
The center of a target; the bull's-eye.
n.
See Bull's-eye, 3.
n.
An eye.
n.
The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a potato.
a.
Having eyes affected by the moon; moonblind; dim-eyed; purblind.
n.
An eye that squints.
a.
Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple.
n.
A eye affected by the moon; also, a disease in the eye of a horse.
n.
An object of interest to the eye; one worshiped with the eyes.