单词 | eye form |
释义 | > as lemmaseye form eye form n. chiefly Art (now rare) the shape of the human eye viewed externally, regarded as an oval with one or both ends sharpened; cf. tun form n. at tun n.1 Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. Def. B ij b A figure moche like to a tunne fourme, saue that it is sharp couered [1574 cornered] at both the endes..and that figure is named an yey [1574 eye] fourme. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. ix. 377/2 An Eclipse or Egge Oval, is a long round, having one end more sharp than the other: If long and small at both ends alike, then it is termed a Tun Oval, or Tun Form; if sharp at both ends, an Eye Form. 1997 D. Gaze Dict. Women Artists I. 331/1 This intensely and radiantly green sculpture, which is in the shape of a broken triangle, incorporates a pointed oval eye form in its upper half. < as lemmas |
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