EYE-SORE. Any disagreeable object.
EYE-SPLICE. (See [Splice].) A kind of splice made by turning the end of a rope back, and the strands passed through the standing part.—Eye of a splice, the strand turned up, by the fid or marline-spike, to receive the opposite strand.
EYGHT. An alluvial river-island, where osiers usually grow, called also ait, ayt, ey, eyet, or eyot. Also, the thickest part of a scule of herrings; when this is scattered by the fishermen, it is termed "breaking the ey."
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FACE. The edge of a sharp instrument. Also, the word of command to soldiers, marines, and small-arm men, to turn upon the heel a quarter or half a circle round in the direction ordered.
FACED. Turned up with facings on the cuffs and collars of uniforms and regimentals.
FACE OF A GUN. The surface of the metal at the extremity of the muzzle.
FACE-PIECE. A piece of elm tabled on to the knee of the head, in the fore-part, to assist the conversion of the main piece; and likewise to shorten the upper bolts, and prevent the cables from rubbing against them as the knee gets worn.
FACES OF A WORK. In fortification, are the two lines forming its most prominent salient angle.