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dead-eye|ˈdɛdaɪ|
[dead a. 15.]
Naut. A round laterally flattened wooden block, pierced with three holes through which a lanyard is reeved, used for extending the shrouds. Also applied to the triangular blocks with one large hole, usually called hearts, similarly used for extending the stays. (Cf. dead man's eye.)
1748Anson's Voy. i. viii. 78 The main topsail split, and one of the straps of the main dead-eyes broke. 1835Sir J. C. Ross Narr. 2nd Voy. xxviii. 398 The dead eyes were preparing for the mainmast. 1891Times 14 Oct. 6/5 The William Bateman has lost her main yard, and several of her chain plates and dead eyes are broken.
b. crowfoot dead-eye = euphroe.
1815in Falconer Marine Dict. (ed. Burney). 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. s.v., The crowfeet dead-eyes are long cylindrical blocks with a number of small holes in them, to receive the legs or lines composing the crowfoot. |