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A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.

ised joys allured them on. Falconer. The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven Allured his eye. Milton.

ht, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of Milton.

Weakness of sight, without and opacity of the cornea, or of the interior of the eye; the first degree of amaurosis.

Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye. -- Am`e*trop"ic, a.

Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. What error drives our eyes and ears amiss Shak. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3. To take (an act, thing) amiss, to impute a wrong motive to (an act or thing); to take offense at' to take unkindly; as, you must not take these questions amiss.…

An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east or west point of the horizon.

erent. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.

s, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge. Till that my nails were anchored in thine eyes. Shak.

d intelligence. In the Scriptures the angels appear as God's messengers. O, welcome, pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope, Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings. Milton.

ht, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye. -- For Angles of commutation, draught, incidence, reflection, refraction, position, repose, fraction, see Commutation, Draught, Incidence, Reflection, Refraction, etc.

An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See Infusoria.

Of a different tincture from the animal itself; -- said of the eyes of a rapacious animal. Brande & C.

Inequality of the pupils of the eye.

Unequal refractive power in the two eyes.

pread over, as oil. And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint. Dryden. He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. John ix. 6.

e, brown concave spots are formed on the stem and fruit, and the disease is called bird's-eye rot.

Pertaining to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes.

Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. Milton.

Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness. [R.] Sherwood.