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| - | [[Category: Glossary]]'''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.''' The opening on a peacock's feather. | + | [[Category: Glossary]]'''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.''' The opening on a peacock's feather. '''7.''' The outer rim of the anus; the ''nether eye''. |
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| "Mine eyes ... keelhauled!" | "Mine eyes ... keelhauled!" | ||
| : --[[A.W. Slippers]] upon seeing topless maidens in Tahiti, 1785 | : --[[A.W. Slippers]] upon seeing topless maidens in Tahiti, 1785 | ||
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| == See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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| + | * [[Head]] | ||
| * [[Incident]] | * [[Incident]] | ||
| * [[Goat]] | * [[Goat]] | ||
Revision as of 01:08, 19 Jun 2005
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. The opening on a peacock's feather. 7. The outer rim of the anus; the nether eye.
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
