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single-eyed, a.
[f. single a. 19.]
1. fig. Having the eye single or sound; sincere, honest, straightforward. (Cf. single a. 14 b.)
1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. (1721) i. 32 The..general Council..was at Ariminum, who were all (but one single-ey'd Man) Arians. 1857Kingsley Two Y. Ago xx, You are..too noble, single-eyed, self-sacrificing to endure my vanity. 1890Spectator 19 July 74/1 Those who best understand what may be done by single-eyed, eager, and resolute clergymen.
2. lit. Having one eye or eye-like mark; one-eyed, monoculous.
1839Penny Cycl. XV. 348/1 None of these single-eyed monsters [Cyclopia]..live for more than an hour or two after birth. 1872Routledge's Ev. Boy's Ann. June 420/1 Its single-eyed spot near the tip of the fore-wings. |