eyeball

Definition

The ball of the eye.

Etymology

From eye + ball. Compare Middle English balle off the eye, balle of þe eyȝe (“eyeball”, literally “ball of the eye”).

Example Sentences

• "Near-synonym: eye"
• "You'll change your mind about not bothering with safety glasses once you've injured your eyeball. That's called closing the barn door after the horse gets out."
• "Goe make thy ſelfe like a Nymph o' th' Sea. Be ſubiect to no ſight but thine, and mine: inuisible To euery eye-ball elſe: goe take this ſhape, And hither come in't: goe: hence With diligence."