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Definition: DEAD-EYE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Dead-eye" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1879. (references)

Specialty Definition: DEAD-EYE

Domain Definition
Literature 1: The holes are eyes, but they are dead eyes.
2: Dead-eye in nautical phrase, is a block of wood with three holes through it, for the lanyards of rigging to reeve through, without sheaves, and with a groove round it for an iron strap. (Dana: Seaman's Manual, p. 92.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: DEAD-EYE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DEAD-EYE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1879. (references)

Specialty Definition: DEAD-EYE

DomainDefinition
Literature1: The holes are eyes, but they are dead eyes.
2: Dead-eye in nautical phrase, is a block of wood with three holes through it, for the lanyards of rigging to reeve through, without sheaves, and with a groove round it for an iron strap. (Dana: Seaman's Manual, p. 92.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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