Defn: Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish.
Mordecai was an eyesore to Haman. L'Estrange.
EYESPLICE; EYE-SPLICE
Eye"*splice`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A splice formed by bending a rope's and back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice.
EYESPOT; EYE-SPOT Eye"*spot`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination. (b) An eyelike spot of color.
EYESPOTTED; EYE-SPOTTED
Eye"*spot`ted, a.
Defn: Marked with spots like eyes.
Junno's bird, in her eye-spotted train. Spenser.
EYESTALK
Eye"stalk`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip.
EYESTONE
Eye"stone`, n.
1. A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small shell of the family Tubinid, used to remove a foreign sub stance from the eye. It is rut into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with the substance.