glass eye

[glas ahy, glahs ahy, glas ahy, glahs ahy]

noun

1. artificial eye.

2. any of various fish, birds, etc., having eyes with a glassy or milky appearance.

glass eye

noun

1. an artificial eye made of glass

Word History and Origins

Origin of glass eye¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

The glass eyes flickered yellow in the firelight.

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All those dead animals, in lifelike poses, with their sightless, staring glass eyes—surely the boys would remember?

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His glass eye, he assumed, was the reason that face-to-face interaction with other people almost always ended badly for him.

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"It's all here," said our colleague, holding up the money to show to a bearded man with a glass eye.

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He was blinded in his right eye, which has been replaced with a glass eye, and has only partial sight in the other.

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