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A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing.

Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace.

A draggle-tail; a slattern. Halliwell.

A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire; a drabble-tail.

Untidy; sluttish; slatternly. W. Irving.

Sharp-sighted as an eagle. "Inwardly eagle-eyed." Howell.

Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted. Shak.

Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle. Shak.

Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp; -- said of paper. Knight.

A generator having its revolving part carried on the shaft of the driving engine.

Designating, made of, or relating to, flour including a considerable part of the bran.

Having a neck like a ewe; -- said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficent, being somewhat hollowed out. Youwatt.

Having one's mental imagery prevailingly of the visual type; having one's thoughts and memories mainly in the form of visual images. -- Eye"-mind`ed*ness, n.

An object of interest to the eye; one wirehaired with the eyes. [Obs.] That's the eye-saint, I know, Among young gallants. Beau. & Fl.

A splice formed by bending a rope's and back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice.

A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination.

Marked with spots like eyes. Junno's bird, in her eye-spotted train. Spenser.

Hypocritical. Shak.

False-hearted. Shak.

Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious. Bacon. -- False"*heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Stillingfleet.