eyeyadj.
/ʌɪi/, U.S. /aɪi/ English regional (Gloucestershire and midlands).
Of cheese: full of eyes (eye n.1 9b). Of a potato: covered with eyes (eye n.1 10b(a)).
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1764 Museum Rusticum 3 lvii. 243 Some practical remedy for hollow or eyey cheese.
1789 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Glocestershire II. 218 Net cheeses never heave; nor are found to be ‘eyey’; but are invariably close.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 216 The potatoes are not good: they are so very eyey.
1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester I. 116 Cheese is said to be eyey when it contains holes full of rancid whey.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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