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posed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye.

The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye.

That part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.

two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillæ. See Illust. under Ommatidium.

The study of the retina of the eye by means of the ophthalmoscope.

s past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view. The sage, with retrospective eye. Pope.

as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse. Both fled attonce, ne ever back returned eye. Spenser.

The small reversion of this great navy which came home might be looked upon by religious eyes as relics. Fuller.

dlike structures formed of two or more cells situated behind the retinulæ in the compound eyes of insects, etc. See Illust. under Ommatidium.

suasion or attraction; that which allures or charms. Sweet, silent rhetoric of persuading eyes. Daniel.

serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or nose. I have a rheum in mine eyes too. Shak. Salt rheum. (Med.) See Salt rheum, in the Vocab.

ining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum. His head and rheumy eyes distill in showers. Dryden. And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air To add unto his sickness. Shak.

he followed right after the guide. Unto Dian's temple goeth she right. Chaucer. Let thine eyes look right on. Prov. iv. 25. Right across its track there lay, Down in the water, a long reef of gold. Tennyson.

An eyebolt having a ring through the eye.

Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch. The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most roguish cast. Dryden. -- Rogu"ish*ly, adv. -- Rogu"ish*ness, n.

of these florins new and bright. Chaucer. To roll one's self, to wallow. -- To roll the eye, to direct its axis hither and thither in quick succession. -- To roll one's r's, to utter the letter r with a trill. [Colloq.]

On all sides; around. Round he throws his baleful eyes. Milton.

To draw through an eye or aperture.

. There are about thirty species, exclusively North American. Rudbeckia hirta, the black-eyed Susan, is a common weed in meadows.

g. but I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit Those rudiments, and see before thine eyes The monarchies of the earth. Milton. the single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape. I. Taylor.