eye socket

noun

the socket or orbit of the eye.

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Origin of eye socket

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby eye socket

eye opener, an, eye pillow, eye point, eye rhyme, eye shadow, eye socket, eye splice, eye to eye, eye to the main chance, have an, eye to, with an, eye worm

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Example sentences from the Web for eye socket

I dubbed him the King of the Eye-Socket school, and instead of getting angry he actually thanked me for it.
The Prairie Wife|Arthur Stringer
He walked with cautious steps, feeling his way with a staff, down to the seaside, to wash his eye-socket in the waves.
The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911)|Charles Mills Gayley
That thumb, feeling eagerly for his eye-socket, woke Bob to a new world.
The Rules of the Game|Stewart Edward White
Shaped like an eye-socket, and shut in on every side by precipitous rock walls, the gulf looked at first sight inaccessible.
Renshaw Fanning's Quest|Bertram Mitford

Muzzle shorter than the diameter of the eye-socket; the bony palate not extending past the hinder end of the median molar.
A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 1 (of 2)|Henry O. Forbes

British Dictionary definitions for eye socket

eye socket

noun

the nontechnical name for orbit (def. 3)

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Medical definitions for eye socket

eye socket

n.

orbital cavity

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Origin of eye socket

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Example sentences from the Web for eye socket

British Dictionary definitions for eye socket

noun

Medical definitions for eye socket

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