† dead man's eye(sn.
Nautical. Obsolete.
= dead-eye n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > fixed rigging > rigging supporting mast laterally > block with holes for extending stays or shrouds
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1466 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 214 A bolt for the stemme, also the closynge of dedemen yen.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Morto..a pullie in a ship called the dead man he.
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 15 Pullies, blockes, shiuers and dead mens eyes.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Dead-mens Eyes (in a Ship), a kind of little Blocks, or Pulleys, having many Holes, but no Shivers; wherein run small Ropes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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