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red-eyed, a.
1. Having the iris of a red colour. Also transf.
1646Crashaw Steps to Temple 80 Bid the golden god, the sun,..Put all his red-eyed rubies on. 1653R. Sanders Physiogn. 158 They are reddish- or red-eyd, which signifies their malice. 1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 525 The red-eyed Lepus, with a very short tail. 1838Dickens O. Twist xv, At his feet sat a white-coated, red-eyed dog. 1911J. Masefield Everlasting Mercy 47 Old parson, red⁓eyed as a ferret. 1934C. Carmer in B. A. Botkin Treas. S. Folklore (1949) iii. ii. 490 Two-Toe is a red-eyed 'gator and about fourteen feet long.
2. a. In the specific names of certain birds: Having red eyes, or eyes surrounded by a red ring.
1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 370 The red-eyed Parrot. 1754Catesby Carolina I. 54 The red ey'd Fly-catcher. Muscicapa olivacea. The iris of the eyes are red. 1783Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. i. 211 Red-eyed Bunting. Round the eyes naked, and of a rose-colour. 1831Swainson Fauna Bor. Amer. II. 233 Vireo olivaceus.., Red-eyed Greenlet. 1831Wilson, etc. Amer. Ornith. II. 270 Their manners very much resemble those of the red-eyed, or towhe bunting. 1834Audubon Ornith. Biog. II. 287 The Red-eyed Fly⁓catcher is an inhabitant of the whole of our forests. 1883Century Mag. Sept. 683/1 The nest of the red-eyed vireo is one of the most artfully placed in the wood.
b. In the names of certain insects.
1934Nat. Geogr. Mag. May 612/2 Spiders and red-eyed flies are numerous. 1937C. Longfield Dragonflies Brit. Isles 170 The Red-eyed Damsel-fly should be easy enough to tell by its eyes alone.
3. Having the eyelids reddened by tears, want of sleep, or the like. Also transf.
1865Dickens Mut. Fr. iv. xv, It was as heavy on him in his scanty sleep, as in his red-eyed waking hours. 1894Fenn Real Gold 227 No sleep came to the restless lads; and the next morning found them red-eyed and feverish. |