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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 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.
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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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== See Also == == See Also ==
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-*[[Eyes]]+* [[Incident]]
 +* [[Goat]]

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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. The opening on a peacock's feather.

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


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