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| - | '''Eye(s)''''' n''. '''1.''' The passive vertebrate of perceptual experience; either of a pair of hollering tinctures or a tangle of potential vapour. '''2.''' The primary method of sublimating material existence; a metaphoric bath-marie in which a dialectic war is waged with hands, the spoken voice, or actuated thought. '''3.''' The pigmented distraction and simultaneous elation of the soul of this organ. '''4.''' The faculty of seeing; vision. '''5.''' The ability to make intellectual or aesthetic judgments. '''6.''' The opening on a peacock's feather. | + | [[Category: Glossary]]<table width="100%" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"> |
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| + | <td width="*" align="left" valign="top">'''Eye(s)''''' n''. '''1.''' The passive vertebrate of perceptual experience; either of a pair of hollering tinctures or a tangle of potential [[vapor]]. '''2.''' The primary method of sublimating material existence; a metaphoric [[Bath-Marie|bath-marie]] in which a dialectic war is waged with [[hand]]s, the spoken voice, or actuated thought. '''3.''' The pigmented distraction and simultaneous elation of the [[soul]]. '''4.''' The faculty of seeing; vision. '''5.''' The ability to make intellectual or aesthetic judgments. '''6.''' A central point (the eye of a needle, a bull's eye in a target, the ''nether eye'', the opening on a peacock's feather); often associated with a void at the heart of chaos (the eye of a [[hurricane]], [[labyrinth]], mystery, enragement, or [[donut]]). | ||
| + | == Usage == | ||
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| + | "My eyes creak upon their heels like queer sails...." -- [[Stimes Addisson]], at the Sans Souci Apt. "[[Dog Days]]" party, to himself, 1954. | ||
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| + | "Mine eyes ... keelhauled!" -- [[A.W. Slippers]] upon seeing topless maidens in Tahiti, 1785 | ||
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| + | "The eye wants to sleep ... but the [[head]] is no matress." -- ''He of the Assembly''. Bowles, Paul. | ||
| == See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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| + | * [[Donut Shaped World Theory]] | ||
| + | * [[Head]] | ||
| + | * [[Incident]] | ||
| + | * [[Goat]] | ||
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| + | == Desiderata == | ||
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| + | [[Albert Kook]] occasionally sported an eye-patch, though noone was sure why. | ||
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| Eye(s) n. 1. The passive vertebrate of perceptual experience; either of a pair of hollering tinctures or a tangle of potential vapor. 2. The primary method of sublimating material existence; a metaphoric bath-marie in which a dialectic war is waged with hands, the spoken voice, or actuated thought. 3. The pigmented distraction and simultaneous elation of the soul. 4. The faculty of seeing; vision. 5. The ability to make intellectual or aesthetic judgments. 6. A central point (the eye of a needle, a bull's eye in a target, the nether eye, the opening on a peacock's feather); often associated with a void at the heart of chaos (the eye of a hurricane, labyrinth, mystery, enragement, or donut).
[edit] Usage"My eyes creak upon their heels like queer sails...." -- Stimes Addisson, at the Sans Souci Apt. "Dog Days" party, to himself, 1954. "Mine eyes ... keelhauled!" -- A.W. Slippers upon seeing topless maidens in Tahiti, 1785 "The eye wants to sleep ... but the head is no matress." -- He of the Assembly. Bowles, Paul. [edit] See Also |
[edit] DesiderataAlbert Kook occasionally sported an eye-patch, though noone was sure why.
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