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pass; to enter. [Obs.] Light is discerned by itself because by itself it incurs into the eye. South.

t; an offense against delicacy. They who, by speech or writing, present to the ear or the eye of modesty any of the indecencies I allude to, are pests of society. Beattie.

enance of thy true religion, and virtue. Book of Com. Prayer [Eng. Ed. ] Set honor in one eye and death i' the other, And I will look on both indifferently. Shak. I hope it may indifferently entertain your lordship at an unbending hour. Rowe.

blood, characterized by tall stature, dolichocephaly, fair complexion with dark hair and eyes, plentiful beard, and narrow and prominent nose.

of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork.

the lungs. When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. J. Scott of Amwell.

sible or manifest; to appear. [Obs.] It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine eyes. Shak.

Situated below the eyes, as the antenna of certain insects.

Inserted in the corner of the eye; -- said of the antenn

Greediness of appetite that can not be satisfied or appeased; insatiability. The eye of the covetous hath a more particular insatiableness. Bp. Hall.

nsinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be conveyed by insinuations. I scorn your coarse insinuation. Cowper.

In an intent manner; as, the eyes intently fixed.

Between, or within, the eyes; as, the interocular distance; situated between the eyes, as the antennæ of some insects.

To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations. Cowper.

A prefix signifying in, within, interior; as, intraocular, within the eyeball; intramarginal.

o invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc. That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, As if these organs had deceptious functions. Shak. Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, Wanting its proper base to stand upon. Cowper.

Of or pertaining to the iris of the eye.

The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye.

An adjustable diaphragm, suggesting the iris of the eye in its action, for regulating the aperture of a lens, consisting of a number of thin pieces fastened to a ring. It is used in cameras and microscopes.

An inflammation of the iris of the eye.