A window. Also figurative, esp. with reference to the eyes (as the windows of the soul, etc.; cf. window, n. 5a). Hence simply: the eye; the…

A circle of bone or cartilage. Apparently: the eye socket. Obsolete. rare.

The pit or socket of the eye. Also (occasionally): the furrow between the upper eyelid and the brow ridge.

A natural hollow or indentation on a surface of the body or of an organ, plant or plant part, etc.; (esp. in early use) spec. †a dimple (obsolete)…

Anatomy and Zoology. The bony recess of the vertebrate skull that contains the eye and its associated structures; the eye socket. Also: an analogous…

= eye socket n.

= orbit, n. 1a.

= eye socket n. at eye, n.1 compounds 4.

†(a) the patella (cf. eye of the knee at phrases 3d) (obsolete rare); (b) any of the bones forming the orbit of the eye.

Anatomy. A hollow or cavity in which some part or articulation (as a tooth, eye, bone, etc.) is inserted.

each of the sockets in the skull for the eyeballs.

= eye socket n. at eye, n.1 compounds 4. Cf. eyehole, n. 1. Obsolete.