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ˈred-eye
1. A European fish, the rudd, Leuciscus erythrophthalmus.
a1672Willughby Icthyogr. (1686) Tab. v. 10 Red eye, Belgis, i.e. oculus Coccineus. a1704Ray Synopsis Pisc. (1713) 116 Rootaug..The Red-Eye. 1740R. Brookes Art of Angling 55 The Red-Eye..is very much like a Bream, but thicker. 1836Yarrell Brit. Fishes I. 412 To this second division [Cyprinidæ] belong four British species, the largest of which, the Rudd or Red-eye, is a very common fish in Europe. 1884Chamb. Jrnl. 3 May 273/2 The rudd, or red-eye, a beautiful active fish, is very abundant.
2. a. The name of several American fishes, as (a) the rock-bass, (b) the red-fish, (c) the green or blue-spotted sunfish.
1820Rafinesque in Smithson. Coll. (1877) XIII. ix. i. 22 Red-Eye, Aplocentrus. 1877Jordan Ibid., The name ‘Red-Eye’ in the region which this fish is supposed to inhabit is chiefly applied to the Rock-Bass (Ambloplites rupestris). 1884–5Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) III. 131 More closely allied to American Cyprinidæ are the roach,..the red-eye (Scardinius).
b. Used attributively.
1820Rafinesque in Smithson. Coll. (1877) XIII. ix. i. 20 Red-Eye Sunfish, Icthelis Erythrops.
3. U.S. The red-eyed vireo (Cent. Dict. 1891).
1857Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) 172 The birds sang quite as in our woods,—the red-eye, red-start, veery, wood⁓pewee, etc. 1917T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. III. 103/2 Mr. Job..photographed several times a female Red-eye solicitously feeding two voracious young Cowbirds. 1953D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles II. 252 The red-eye has been called ‘preacher-bird’ because of its unceasing vocal efforts.
4. U.S. slang. Coarse fiery whisky.
1819J. A. Quitman Diary in J. F. H. Claiborne Life & Corr. J. A. Quitman (1860) I. 42 Whiting and I had to treat to ‘red-eye’ or ‘rot-gut’, as whiskey is here called. 1838Yale Lit. Mag. III. 12 An Indian tribe that..seldom ever passed the prairie except to sell their skins, and purchase ‘red-eye’. a1859in Bartlett Dict. Amer. 358, I promised the overseer..a demijohn of red-eye if all went straight. 1903Sun (N.Y.) 15 Nov., Ben made for the nearest red-eye plant, and inside an hour he was riotous and shooting up the town. 1910in J. Lomax Cowboy Songs 305 Drink that rot gut, drink that rot gut, Drink that red eye, boys. 1911C. E. Mulford Bar-20 Days viii. 95 Anybody'd think you was full of red-eye, th'way you act. 1949A. Hynd We are Public Enemies ii. 44 Barrow put down a slug of red eye and walked up to her. 1957J. Steinbeck Short Reign of Pippin IV 69 Serving red-eye in shot-glasses. 1976Observer 5 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 18 (Advt.), Most of the liquor to be had [in New Orleans] at that time [sc. 1865] was known as ‘redeye’. Because that's what it did.
5. U.S. slang. Tomato ketchup.
1923G. McKnight Eng. Words 56 Red eye for ‘catsup’. 1947Sun (Baltimore) 7 Aug. 10/3 Red-Eye..that great disguise, ketchup. 1960Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 423/2 Redeye.., ketchup. W.W.I and W.W.II Armed Forces use.
6. Austral. A cicada, Psaltoda mœrens. Also attrib.
1925[see floury a. d]. 1945Baker Austral. Lang. xii. 214 Most noted among our appellations for cicadas are: baker, floury baker,..red eye and double drummer. 1965Austral. Encycl. II. 379/2 (caption) Red-eye cicadas. Ibid. 380/1 Other well-known cicadas are the red-eye..and the aptly named cherry-nose.
7. red-eye gravy: gravy made by adding liquid to the grease from cooked ham or other lean meat. U.S.
1947Reader's Digest Apr. 130/1 Pinky brown slices of cured ham that almost floated in red-eye gravy. 1949Newsweek 11 July 6/2 Truman had..‘good Missouri hams, red-eye gravy, and hominy grits’. 1959Washington Post 29 Oct. d5/1 To the folks in the hominy grits and red-eye gravy belt there is only one game this week—Louisiana State vs. Mississippi. 1977Time 24 Oct. 27/2 Dennis serves up his baked ham and red-eye gravy, grits, green beans, carrots, buttermilk biscuits and coffee.
8. U.S. colloq. Used attrib. to designate an aeroplane flight on which the traveller is unable to get adequate sleep because of the hour of arrival or because of differences in time zones.
1968Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 31 Mar. (1970) 642 Lynda was coming in on ‘the red-eye special’ from California, about 7 a.m., having kissed Chuck good-by at Camp Pendleton last night as he departed for Vietnam. 1972‘J. Lange’ Binary 19 They all looked tired... Phelps had brought them out to California on a red-eye flight, let them sleep a few hours, then dragged them up for a meeting. 1973Time 25 June 8/3 He took two ‘red-eye’ flights from Seattle to the capital. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 4 Sept. 5/1 Schweiker..and Newhall took the red-eye special back to Washington that same night. Newhall just wanted to sleep, but Schweiker was, in Newhall's words, ‘euphoric’.
9. Canada. A drink made from beer and tomato juice.
1973Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 29 Aug. 2/2, I did manage to acquire a fair liking for ‘red-eye’..a mixture of beer and tomato juice. 1975‘S. Marlowe’ Cawthorn Jrnls. (1976) xiii. 107 ‘I'll have a redeye,’ Lester told the barman, who mixed tomato juice and beer for him, half and half. 1976Maclean's Mag. 22 Mar. 51/2 The red-eye, a murky combination of beer and tomato juice. |