eyed

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

Pronunciation: /aɪd/

Etymology: From Middle English eyed, eied, iȝed, y-yȝed, equivalent to eye + -ed.

Having eyes.
“The familiar hatchery practice of agitating the eggs after they are eyed, called shocking or addling, ruptures the yolk membranes of the ever-tender sterile eggs. The result is a precipitation of the globulin and a whitening of the egg.”
Having eye-like spots.
“The back of the beetle was eyed to make it appear to be a snake to a predator.”
Having the specified kind or number of eyes.
“What mean you, sir, / To give them this discomfort? Look, they weep; / And I, an ass, am onion-eyed: for shame, / Transform us not to women.”
“Unseen descending weigh my light wings upon balmy flowers, / And court the fair eyed dew to take me to her shining tent.”

Etymology: From Middle English eyed, eied, iȝed, y-yȝed, equivalent to eye + -ed.