cat's-eyen.

Etymology: In sense 2, probably a translation: compare French œil de chat, Italian occhi de gatti, Portuguese olhos de gatos, German katzenauge, etc.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcat's-eye.

1. The eye of a cat; a cat-like eye.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 236^v Stones lyke vnto cattes eyes.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Chat Oeil de chat..a cat-eye, or sight that is as good by night as in the day.

2. A precious stone, a variety of chalcedonic quartz, very hard and transparent, which, when cut en cabochon, displays, on being held to the light, a peculiar floating lustre, resembling the contracted pupil of a cat's eye, supposed to be caused by small parallel fibres of asbestos. The finest come from Ceylon and Malabar. Also attributive.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > chalcedony > cat's eye

cat's-eye1588

star gem1693

sunstone1794

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 234^v They bore a fine hole in these [diamonds] throughe the myddest, wherby they appere lyke the eyes of a catte.]

1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 15^v It [Ceylon] bringeth foorth great store of Christall Cattes eies, or Echi de Gaty.

1704 tr. P. Baldæus True Descr. Malabar & Coromandel in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 657/1 Called Olhos de Gatos, i.e. Cats-eyes, by the Portugueses.

1798 C. Greville in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 88 414 Reflection of light, which, in a polished state, gives varieties to the cat's eye, star-stone, sun-stone, etc.

1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 70 Confined his purchases to a large cat's-eye ring.

1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon I. i. i. 37 The Cat's-eye is one of the jewels of which the Singhalese are especially proud.

1874 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 27 555 The so-called Cat's-eye and Fibrous Quartz.

1899 T. M. Ellis (title) The three Cat's-eye Rings.

1903 Daily Mail 8 Sept. 7/4 A..narrow edging of cat's-eye green.

3. A rural name of the Germander Speedwell, Veronica Chamædrys; also of the Forget-me-not, and various other small bright flowers.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > Veronica or speedwell

lemkea1300

God's eye?a1350

waterlink?a1425

brooklimea1450

fluellin1548

Paul's betony1548

wood-penny1570

water pimpernel1575

ground-hele1578

speedwell1578

wild germander1578

germander chickweed1597

leper's herb1600

lime-wort1666

water purpy1683

water-speedwell1690

beccabunga1706

rock speedwell1719

Welsh speedwell1731

germander speedwell1732

St. Paul's betony1736

vernal speedwell1796

wall speedwell1796

cat's-eye1817

wellink1826

skull-cap1846

forget-me-not1853

veronica1855

angels' eyes1862

horse-cress1879

faverel1884

St. Paul's betony1884

1817 J. Keats Calidore The glow Of the wild cat's eyes.

1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 96.

4. The calcareous operculum of turban shells, esp. the south Pacific Turbo petholatus.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > family Turbinidae > operculum of shell of

sea-bean1885

cat's-eye1898

1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 83/1 Cat's Eyes..the name given in Australia to the opercula of Turbo smaragdus.

1949 E. de Mauny Huntsman in Career ii. 70 He collected a pocketful of cats' eyes, and sat on a shelf of rock to watch the sea.

1962 R. T. Abbott & H. S. Zim Sea Shells of World 32 Its [sc. Turbo petholatus] operculum is the famous blue-green ‘cat's eye’.

5. One of the chain of light-reflecting studs used to demarcate traffic lanes on roads at night. Also attributive.

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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > part where vehicles run > part wide enough for one vehicle > stud or line dividing lanes

white line1915

stud1925

broken line1937

cat's-eye1940

1940 New Statesman 20 Jan. 63/1 Few motorists..in Oxfordshire will deny that the ‘cats-eyes’,with which the County Council has studded its main roads, are an improvement for night driving on the old white line.

1948 Times 4 Dec. 3/2 Drivers of vehicles..had reason to challenge the decision of the Ministry of Transport..to dispense with ‘cat's eye’ reflector studs in roads provided with street lighting.

1958 E. Hyams Taking it Easy iv. 200 The endless chaplet of cat's eye reflectors..was conjured out of the road's long darkness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cats-eye
释义	cat's-eyen. Etymology: In sense 2, probably a translation: compare French œil de chat, Italian occhi de gatti, Portuguese olhos de gatos, German katzenauge, etc.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcat's-eye. 1. The eye of a cat; a cat-like eye. Π 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 236^v Stones lyke vnto cattes eyes. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Chat Oeil de chat..a cat-eye, or sight that is as good by night as in the day. 2. A precious stone, a variety of chalcedonic quartz, very hard and transparent, which, when cut en cabochon, displays, on being held to the light, a peculiar floating lustre, resembling the contracted pupil of a cat's eye, supposed to be caused by small parallel fibres of asbestos. The finest come from Ceylon and Malabar. Also attributive. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > chalcedony > cat's eye cat's-eye1588 star gem1693 sunstone1794 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 234^v They bore a fine hole in these [diamonds] throughe the myddest, wherby they appere lyke the eyes of a catte.] 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 15^v It [Ceylon] bringeth foorth great store of Christall Cattes eies, or Echi de Gaty. 1704 tr. P. Baldæus True Descr. Malabar & Coromandel in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 657/1 Called Olhos de Gatos, i.e. Cats-eyes, by the Portugueses. 1798 C. Greville in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 88 414 Reflection of light, which, in a polished state, gives varieties to the cat's eye, star-stone, sun-stone, etc. 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 70 Confined his purchases to a large cat's-eye ring. 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon I. i. i. 37 The Cat's-eye is one of the jewels of which the Singhalese are especially proud. 1874 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 27 555 The so-called Cat's-eye and Fibrous Quartz. 1899 T. M. Ellis (title) The three Cat's-eye Rings. 1903 Daily Mail 8 Sept. 7/4 A..narrow edging of cat's-eye green. 3. A rural name of the Germander Speedwell, Veronica Chamædrys; also of the Forget-me-not, and various other small bright flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > Veronica or speedwell lemkea1300 God's eye?a1350 waterlink?a1425 brooklimea1450 fluellin1548 Paul's betony1548 wood-penny1570 water pimpernel1575 ground-hele1578 speedwell1578 wild germander1578 germander chickweed1597 leper's herb1600 lime-wort1666 water purpy1683 water-speedwell1690 beccabunga1706 rock speedwell1719 Welsh speedwell1731 germander speedwell1732 St. Paul's betony1736 vernal speedwell1796 wall speedwell1796 cat's-eye1817 wellink1826 skull-cap1846 forget-me-not1853 veronica1855 angels' eyes1862 horse-cress1879 faverel1884 St. Paul's betony1884 1817 J. Keats Calidore The glow Of the wild cat's eyes. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 96. 4. The calcareous operculum of turban shells, esp. the south Pacific Turbo petholatus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > family Turbinidae > operculum of shell of sea-bean1885 cat's-eye1898 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 83/1 Cat's Eyes..the name given in Australia to the opercula of Turbo smaragdus. 1949 E. de Mauny Huntsman in Career ii. 70 He collected a pocketful of cats' eyes, and sat on a shelf of rock to watch the sea. 1962 R. T. Abbott & H. S. Zim Sea Shells of World 32 Its [sc. Turbo petholatus] operculum is the famous blue-green ‘cat's eye’. 5. One of the chain of light-reflecting studs used to demarcate traffic lanes on roads at night. Also attributive. ΘΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > part where vehicles run > part wide enough for one vehicle > stud or line dividing lanes white line1915 stud1925 broken line1937 cat's-eye1940 1940 New Statesman 20 Jan. 63/1 Few motorists..in Oxfordshire will deny that the ‘cats-eyes’,with which the County Council has studded its main roads, are an improvement for night driving on the old white line. 1948 Times 4 Dec. 3/2 Drivers of vehicles..had reason to challenge the decision of the Ministry of Transport..to dispense with ‘cat's eye’ reflector studs in roads provided with street lighting. 1958 E. Hyams Taking it Easy iv. 200 The endless chaplet of cat's eye reflectors..was conjured out of the road's long darkness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1555
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