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cat's eye
or cat's-eye
[ kats-ahy ]
noun
, plural cat's eyes, cat's-eyes.
- any of certain gems having a chatoyant luster, especially chrysoberyl.
- a playing marble marked with eyelike concentric circles.
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 calledataata a grazing marine gastropod, Turbo smaragdus , of New Zealand waters
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cat's eye1
First recorded in 1545–55
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Example Sentences
The illumination of a Cats eye in the dark arises from the external light collected on the eye and reflected from it.
From Project Gutenberg
Cats-eye or Sun-stone of the Turks is a kind of gem found chiefly in Siberia.
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The Gem Cats Eye is so called because it possesses the peculiar ray of light or glisten seen in a cats eye in the dark.
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G, Gear: actuates cats-eye shutter, which controls amount of light admitted to right half of instrument.
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