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eyelet (i'let), n. [An accom. (as if eyel + oylet , olyet , a hole, OF. oeillet , F. œillet , dim. -let ) of earlier oilet , oylet , oyliet , oillet, oelet, dim. of OF. oeil , F. œil , oculus , eye: see eyel.] 1. A small aperture; specifically, a small round hole worked round the edge like a buttonhole, used in dre making, sailmaking, and the like. Also eyelet - hole . Winding up his mouth, From time to time, into an orifice Most delicate, a lurking eyelet , small. Words worth, Prelude, vii. 2. A metallic ring designed to be placed in a perforation called an eyelet-hole, in cloth, leather, etc., for the pa age of a lace, cord, or small rope; also, a similar ring used for fastening together sheets of paper, etc. It is made as an extremely short tube, the edges of which are pre ed over and outward so as to clasp the material to which it is applied. 3. In entom.: (a) A small eye or ocellate spot; a small spot with a central dot of another color. (b) An ocellus or simple eye. ready to fall. [Colloq.] I came by accident upon a magic quarto, shabby enough in its exterior, with one of the covers hanging by the eye lids , and otherwise sadly battered. J. T. Fields, Underbrush, p. 11. eye-line (i'lin), n . In hemipterous insects, an imaginary straight line extending from the eye to the origin of the labrum. The position of the an tennæ, above or below the eye-lines, has been used as a character in cla ification. eye-lobe (i'lōb), n. In trilobites, one of the pair of lateral lobes of the head on which the eye is placed. eyemarkt (i'märk), n. An object gazed at; a spectacle. IMG:content-0982.png:[blocks in formation] event, n. An obsolete or archaic plural of eyel . eye-opener (i' op "ner), n. Something that causes the eyes to open, or that opens the eyes, literally or figuratively. ( a ) A marvelous narrative or incident, or a disclosure of some wrong done or evil threatened. [Colloq.] (b) A draught of strong liquor, especially one taken in the morning; a strong drink; a horn. [Slang, U. S.] (c) Information or an experience that enables one to comprehend what before he had failed to see the meaning of; that which gives one sudden discernment as to things with which he has to do: as, overhearing that remark proved an eye - opener to me. [Colloq.] eyepiece (i'pēs), n. In an optical instrument, the lens or combination of lenses to which the mating . - Diagonal eyepiece, one which by means of a ree ye is applied. - Collimating eyepiece. See coll if lector deflects the emergent rays at right angles. - Erect ing or terrestrial eyepiece, one which presents the ob ject erect instead of inverted: used in spy-gla es. - Huy genian eyepiece, a common form of negative eyepiece composed of two planoconvex lenses with their convexities turned away from the eye. - Negative eyepiece, a combination of lenses which intercepts the rays from the objective before they come to a focus, and forms the focal image within itself: there are numerous forms. - Positive eyepiece, one which views an image formed outside of itself, and so can be used with a reticle or micrometer. Ramsden's eyepiece, a common form of positive eyepiece composed of two planoconvex lenses with their plane surfaces turned outward. (There are numerous special forms of eyepiece, designated by trade-names, as euryscopic , mono centric, orthoscopic, solid , etc.) eye-pit (i'pit), n. The orbit or socket of the eye. Their eyes did wander and fix no where, till shame made them sink into their hollow eye - pits .