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glass eye

[ glas ahy, glahs ahy glas ahy, glahs ahy ]

noun

  1. any of various fish, birds, etc., having eyes with a glassy or milky appearance.


glass eye

noun

  1. an artificial eye made of glass
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of glass eye1

First recorded in 1595–1605
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He was blinded in his right eye, which has been replaced with a glass eye, and has only partial sight in the other.

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By then, Yukov had a new glass eye, which looks incredibly real until he raps on it with his knuckles.

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Certainly, the glass eye he uses has made him only more risible to them.

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She still needs another operation so that she can close the eyelid over her new glass eye.

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It is adorned with tiny, astonishingly well-preserved likenesses of human heads with blue glass eyes, who may represent Christ’s apostles.

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