| 单词 | multiplying eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmultiplying eye multiplying eye n. now historical an eye which sees double or confusedly, esp. because of intoxication. ΚΠ 1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa II. vii They return'd me word that they had discouer'd the Enemy, which could not be lesse than 15000 Horse. I told the Messenger that sure they had seene with multiplying Eyes. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xxi. 252 Joseph was suffering from his old complaint, a multiplying eye, and was..hardly trustworthy as coachman and protector to a lady. 1877 W. Besant & J. Rice With Harp & Crown viii. 60 What time the placens uxor expects her husband to return with wavering step and multiplying eye. 1954 19th-cent. Fiction 9 207 Hard on its heels comes a rowdy scene with..Joseph pitying himself and declaring himself stricken with a multiplying eye. [Cf. quot. 1874.] < as lemmas |
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