单词 | white of the eye |
释义 | > as lemmaswhite of the eye 8. In full white of the eye. extracted from whiteadj.adv.n.ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > disorders of cornea whitea1325 maculaa1400 pannusa1400 pannicle1543 onyx1706 carcinoma1722 nubecula1728 paralampsis1749 obfuscation1794 corneitis1854 photophthalmia1907 a1325 in T. Hunt Pop. Med. 13th-cent. Eng. (1990) 245 (MED) Contra albuginem occulorum, i. wyte et lippitudinem occulorum. a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 634/5 Hec albugo, wyte of the hee. ?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 13 (MED) Yf þou ete him, he helpiþ all evill bleynes and þe white of the eye that is callid ‘egill pace’ jn grewe. 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde ii. f. lxviiv Agaynst the scum or whyte of the eye which for the most parte happeneth to chyldren thorowe ouer much cryeng & wepynge: take the iuyce of solatrum, and droppe of the same in to the chyldes eye. 1687 London Gaz. No. 2280 A bay Nag..a white in one of his Eyes. b. The white part of the eye, surrounding the iris and pupil; the sclera of the eyeball, which consists of white fibrous connective tissue. In early use also: †the cornea or the conjunctiva (obsolete).Cf. to turn up (also throw up, show) the whites of one's eyes at Phrases 4a, to say black is the white of a person's eye at Phrases 4b, until you see the whites of their eyes at Phrases 4c. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > parts of sight organ > [noun] > other parts whitec1390 crystalline humoura1398 crystalloida1398 crystalline?a1425 eyeball1575 eyeglassa1616 crystalline lens1654 crystal1657 lens1719 membranula1821 zonule1828 angle1830 disc1861 c1390 Talkyng of Love of God (Vernon) (1950) 52 (MED) Þou diȝest for me, hongynge on Rode tre, &..þe white of þin eȝen is tornd vpward. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 19 A watir þat comeþ bitwene þe white of þe iȝen & þe appil. ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 113, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Whit Þer is summe redenesse in þe white of þe yȝe. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxv If his [sc. the sheep's] eye..haue reed stryndes in the whyte of the eye, than he is sounde. ?1587 A. H. tr. J. Guillemeau Worthy Treat. Eyes (new ed.) ii. v. 16 The coniunctiua or white of the eie is sometimes so swolne, that it goeth foorth of the eielidds. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xxxvii. 334 The ball or apple in the middest [of the eye] is ordinarily of another colour than the white about it. 1651 tr. J. A. Comenius Nat. Philos. Reformed x. 188 And last of all, that membrane which the common sort call the white of the eye; but Philosophers..call cornea, and this is transparent over against the apple and the net-work. 1706 J. Harvey Præsagium Medicum xiii. 175 Neither is it less dangerous, when the white of the eye becomes ruddy-coloured. 1829 W. Leggett Tales & Sketches 214 At last the balls rolled entirely up, till nothing but the thick, blood-shot whites were visible. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native II. iii. iii. 112 ‘That's the only kind of water we have,’ she continued, tossing a stone into the pool, which lay on the outside of the bank like the white of an eye without its pupil. 1911 P. Radin tr. L. Ginzberg Legends of Jews III. 217 You have the white of the eye and the black of the eye, and it is by means of this dark part of the eye that you are enabled to see. 1953 A. Hosain Phoenix Fled (1988) 103 The door opened, and her daughter-in-law stood clinging to it, the whites of her eyes startling against her dark skin. 2006 J. Dunn Hecate's Child xvii. 181 His eyes bulged horribly, showing red-veined whites all round the pale blue-grey irises. < as lemmas |
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