eyes

n. A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Service performed only under inspection, or the eye of an employer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers. Col. iii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a cosmetic powder or cream of a dark tint, applied on the eyelids or just under the eyebrows to accentuate the eyes. Compare eyeliner. [ PJC ]

n. Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eyeshot. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sight of the eye; the sense of seeing; view; observation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Josephus sets this down from his own eyesight. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mordecai was an eyesore to Haman. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zoöl.) One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small marine shell of the family Turbinidæ, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye. It is put into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with it the substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) Eye agate. See under Eye. [ 1913 Webster ]