cat's-eye

[kats-ahy]

noun, plural cat's-eyes.

any of certain gems having a chatoyant luster, especially chrysoberyl.
a playing marble marked with eyelike concentric circles.

Origin of cat's-eye

First recorded in 1545–55

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Examples from the Web for catseye

Historical Examples of catseye

At every change of form a catseye will disappear and return to me.
The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy
Mabel Henriette Spielmann
Dulcie recognised at once the curious colouring of a catseye.
The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy
Mabel Henriette Spielmann

British Dictionary definitions for catseye

Catseye

noun

trademark British a glass reflector set into a small fixture, placed at intervals along roads to indicate traffic lanes at night

cat's-eye

noun

any of a group of gemstones, esp a greenish-yellow variety of chrysoberyl, that reflect a streak of light when cut in a rounded unfaceted shape
Also called: ataata a grazing marine gastropod, Turbo smaragdus, of New Zealand waters

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