单词 | well-eyed |
释义 | well-eyedadj. archaic and rare after mid 17th cent. 1. Keen-sighted; alert and watchful. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > clear- or sharp-sighted bright-eyeda1393 sightya1400 well-eyeda1425 well-seeing?a1425 eagle-eyeda1475 well-sighteda1529 clear-eyed1530 quick-sighted1542 oculate1549 quick-eyed1561 eyed1563 sharpsighted1571 clear-sighted1586 eagle-sighted1589 lynx-eyed1597 mouse-eyed1599 lycophosed1600 lycophosy1600 right-eyed1600 nimble-eyed1605 perspicacious1616 lyncean1622 piercing-sighted1630 perspicuous1657 sharp-eyed1672 gimlet-eyed1752 keen-eyed1781 keen-sighted1813 hawk-eyed1818 accipitrine1872 accipitral1881 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xviii. 76 And also þat he be both in felde and at wode delyuere and wele yȝed and wele auysed of speche. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxiii. 17) They doo nought else but dote, that wilbe wel eyed and quiksyghted of themselues. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. July 154 Shepheard mought be..well eyed, as Argus was. 1595 G. Markham Gentlemans Acad. f. 6v Let your spaniels range for a couey of partriges, and when they are put vp and begin to scatter, looke that you haue about you well eied markers to some of them. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 29 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Yet there appeares among them some reliques of the true antiquitie, though disguised, which a well eyed man may happily discover and finde out. 1625 T. Jackson Treat. Vnbeliefe conc. Deitie xxv. 244 Their sleightie conveyance is not easily discerned, vnlesse they be well eyed. 1880 Congregationalist (Boston, Mass.) 31 Mar. 7/2 Sometimes men are too wise to learn, too well-eyed to see. 1977 J. Gonda tr. Āśvalāyana-Gṛhyasūtra in Ritual Sūtras iii. 569 Well-eyed may I become with my eye.., well-hearing with my ears. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc. > having goggle-eyedc1384 well-eyed1483 pink-eyed1519 hollow-eyeda1529 small-eyed1555 great-eyed1558 bird-eyed1564 out-eyed1570 large-eyed1575 full-eyed1581 bright-eyed1590 wall-eyed1590 beetle-eyed1594 fire-eyed?1594 young-eyed1600 open-eyed1601 soft-eyed1606 narrow-eyed1607 broad-eyed?1611 saucer-eyed1612 ox-eyed1621 pig-eyed1655 glare-eyed1683 pit-eyed1696 dove-eyed1717 laughing-eyed1784 almond1786 wide-eyed1789 moon-eyed1790 big-eyed1792 gooseberry-eyed1796 red-eyed1800 unsealed1800 screw-eyed1810 starry-eyed1818 pinkie-eyed1824 pop-eyed1830 bead-eyed1835 fishy-eyed1836 almond-eyed1849 boopic1854 sharp-set1865 bug-eyed1872 beady-eyed1873 bias-eyed1877 blank-eyed1881 gape-eyed1889 glass-eyed1889 stone-eyed1890 pie-eyed1900 slitty-eyed1908 steely-eyed1964 megalopic1985 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cccxxxix/2 This ymage..was well eyed, well browed [etc.]. 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xx. 128 Let the gallauntes of this worlde,..so well eyed, and gorgeously appareled, marke these thinges wel. 1652 R. Gove Saints Hony-comb xxxii. 40 Rachel, the younger sister, was well-eyed, very beautifull. 1894 W. Morris Wood beyond World (1895) xxvi. 191 The queans were comely and well-eyed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1425 |
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