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eye-pit
[f. eye n.1 + pit.]
a. The pit or socket of the eye.
b. The depression between the eye and the orbit.
c1275Death 241 (Cotton) in O.E. Misc. 182 Also beoð his eȝe-puttes ase a bruþen led. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. III. iii. 78 This animal [Antelope]..has deeper eyepits than the former. 1846J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. I. 412 By the depth of the eye-pit we are enabled to form some idea of the age of the horse. 1879E. Arnold Lt. Asia 58 His eye⁓pits red with rust of ancient tears. |