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Having the form of an orb; round. The orbèd eyelids are let down. Trench.

An orb or ball. [Rare & Improper] Roll the lucid orbit of an eye. Young.

Organic structure; organization. "The advantageous organism of the eye." Grew.

ween the stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye. The flaming glories of Orion's belt. E. Everett.

tion. Such a projection of the sphere represents its circles as seen in perspective by an eye supposed to be placed at an infinite distance, the plane of projection passing through the center of the sphere perpendicularly to the line of sight.

An instrument designed to show the condition of the superficial portions of the eye.

n image in correct or normal proportions; giving a flat field of view; as, an orthoscopic eyepiece.

aste, and gives off a vapor, which is a powerful irritant poison, violently attacking the eyes, and emitting a strong chlorinelike odor. Formerly improperly called osmic acid.

The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bull's-eye.

To excel or overcome in staring; to face down. I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. Shak.

erlook a valley from a hill. "The pile o'erlooked the town." Dryden. [Titan] with burning eye did hotly overlook them. Shak.

exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes. "And overpower'd that gallant few." Wordsworth.

Any cpecies of raptorial birds of the family Strigidæ. They have large eyes and ears, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits.

Having eyes like an owl's.

Having large, full eyes, like those of an ox. Burton.

See Eyelet.

it, or taste; as, the liquor palls. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in the eye, and palls upon the sense. Addisin.

The eyelid.

Of or pertaining to the eyelids.

Having eyelids.