eyebolt (eye as 1)

[Eng. eye, and bolt.] Naut.: A bolt having an eye or loop at one end for the reception of a ring, hook, or rope, as may be required. The insertion of a closed ring into the eye converts it into a ring-bolt. eye-bright (pron. 1'-brit), s. [Eng. eye, and bright. Coles says that goldfinches, linnets, .; use it to repair their own and their young ones' sight, and that it is a cure for bloodshot eyes, which the purple and yellow spots on the flowers resemble. (See also the def.)] Botany : 1. The genus Euphrasia. The common Eyebright is Euphrasia officinal is . It is a small annual plant, with the lower leaves crenate, and the upper cut. The flower white or lilac, and purple-veined, with the upper lip yellow. It is very common in the temperate parts of Europe, Asia, and America. It flowers from May to September. It is slightly bitter and aromatic. It has been used with succe in catarrhal inflammations of the eye, in cough, hoarsene , earache, or headache following on catarrhs. †2. Veronica chamædrys. 3. Bartsia odontites. (Lyte; Britten & Holland .) eye-brow (eye as 1), *ee-bree, *eghe-brewe, s . [Icel. aug a - brún ; A. S. eáganbrég; O. H. Ger. oughbráwa .] I. Ord Lang .: The same as II. (q. v.) II. Anat .: The projecting front of the forehead above the eyes. The eyebrows are placed over the eyes as eaves to prevent the sweat disturbing the sight. In the early part of the seventeenth century, artificial eyebrows were used as a means of enhancing feminine beauty. Prior, in an epigram, refers to the practice thus: "The slattern had left, in the hurry and haste, Her lady's complexion and eyebrows at Calais." *eye-le (eye as 1), a . [Eng. eye; -le .] Wanting or destitute of eyes; deprived of sight. "Ask for this great deliverer now, and find him Eyele in Gaza, at the mill with slaves." Milton: Samson Agonistes, 41.