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▪ I. ˈeyeful, n.
[f. eye n.1 + -ful.]
a. As much as the eye can take in at once.
b. A minute quantity; a wink (of sleep).
1832J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXXI. 865 We prefer a miniature picture of the Swiss Giantess to the giantess herself—an eyeful for one to an armful for ten. 1860Reade Cloister & H. II. 37 You drop off again, and get about an eyeful of sleep: lo, it is tinkle, tinkle, for matins. 1876D. Stevenson in Gd. Words 687 [We] with large eye-fuls took the landscape in.
c. Also eye-full. A ‘good look’ at something; an exhilarating or remarkable sight; spec. a strikingly attractive woman; esp. in phr. to get an eyeful (of), to have a good look (at); to see something remarkable, beautiful, etc. (See also quots.) colloq.
1899S. MacManus In Chimney Corners 248 She took an eyeful out of Jack, an' right well plaised she was with his appearance. 1914Jackson & Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 31 Eye full, the object of scrutiny or of attentive observation... ‘Nix crackin'. The mark on your left is getting an eye full.’ 1919W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 22 Eye-full, a complete view. Ibid. 26 Get an eye-full, see. 1922Joyce Ulysses 765 Ill put on my shift and drawers let him have a good eyeful out of that. 1929H. V. Morton In Search of Scotland ii. 46 ‘You have seen the Crown Jewels in London?’ ‘I'll say so! They're an eyeful.’ 1933E. Caldwell God's Little Acre xii. 172 When you've got an eyeful of Griselda, there, you know durn well you've been missing a heap thinking such foolishness all your life. 1934Wodehouse Thank You, Jeeves iv. 47 Unquestionably an eyeful, Pauline Stoker had the grave defect of being one of those girls who want you to come and swim a mile before breakfast. 1947N. Balchin Lord, I was Afraid 52 He thought to himself this is a bit of all right and started right in to get an eye-full, see? 1960‘A. Garve’ Golden Deed vi. 39 You're both quite an eyeful.
▪ II. ˈeyeful, a. Obs. exc. dial.
[f. eye n.1 + -ful.]
†a. Plainly to be seen.
b. Careful; observant.
c1611Chapman Iliad x. 396 He hung them up aloft upon a tamarisk bough As eyeful trophies. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss. s.v., ‘He's varry eeful over his brass’, he is careful in laying out his money. ‘Be eeful’, mind what you are about. |