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ˈeyeshot
[f. eye n.1 + shot.]
1. The range of the eye, seeing distance, view. Only in phrases (to come, etc.) beyond, in, out of, within eyeshot of.
1599B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. v. i, When we come in eye-shot, or presence of this lady. 1690Dryden Don Sebastian ii. ii, I am..out of eye-shot from the other windows. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xli. (1856) 375, I have..crawled within fair eye-shot, and..watched their movements. 1865Swinburne Atalanta 876 Here in your sight and eyeshot of these men. 1867Lowell Biglow P. Ser. ii. 54 Boys beyond eyeshot of the tithing-man.
fig.1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. II. 4 The instant he comes within eye-shot of the fulfilment of his hopes.
2. A ‘shot’ from the eye; a glance, prospect.
1615Sylvester Tobacco battered 291, The Pest..Or deadly Ey-shot of a Basilisk. 1704Steele Lying Lover v. i, How shall I bear the Eye-Shot of the Crowd in Court? 1709― Tatler No. 52 ⁋3 The Sexes seem to separate themselves, and draw up to attack each other with Eye⁓shot. 1860Hawthorne Marb. Faun xxviii, The windows..afforded..extensive eye-shots over hill and valley. 1879G. Meredith Egoist III. x. 210 Vernon sent one of his vivid eyeshots from one to the other. |