hawk's-eye

American  

[hawks-ahy] / ˈhɔksˌaɪ /

noun

1. a dark-blue chatoyant quartz formed by the silicification of crocidolite, used for ornamental purposes.

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hawk's-eye British  

noun

1. a dark blue variety of the mineral crocidolite: a semiprecious gemstone

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Etymology

Origin of hawk's-eye

First recorded in 1675–85

Example Sentences

Soaring a hundred or more feet in the air, a drone camera captures hawk’s-eye views—and dazzlingly abstract patterns—normally impossible for earthbound humans.

From National Geographic

In the High Street, St. Mary the Virgin, parish church of the University, provides a hawk’s-eye view from its 13th-century tower with all those “dreaming spires” Matthew Arnold gushed over in the 1860s.

From Washington Post

The hawk's-eye view shows the wreckage of mountains, dead land that will not revegetate, soured rivers, towns left to wither when mineral prices dropped and distant corporate directors cut their losses.

From Time Magazine Archive

A hawk's-eye view makes the case unforgettable.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is the ornamental stone which is known when blue as “hawk’s-eye,” and when of rich golden brown colour as “tiger-eye.”

From Project Gutenberg