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Definition of Eye-deceiving
1. Adjective. Creating the illusion of seeing reality. "The visual deception of trompe-l'oeil art"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eye-deceiving
Literary usage of Eye-deceiving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poets and Poetry of America by Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1856)
"... flower With tints, like hues of heaven, the eye deceiving— So, lost in
labyrinthine maze, he wove A wreath of flowers ; the golden thread was love. ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1834)
"... the night's resplendent flower, Streamed visionary onward, pausing never.
With time like hues of heaven, the eye deceiving,— So, ..."
3. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1844)
"... With tints, like hues of heaven, the eye deceiving— So, lost in labyrinthine
maze, he wove A wreath of flowers; the s¡olden thread was love. ..."
4. David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America by David Thompson, Joseph Burr Tyrrell (1916)
"My men were positive they did hear the rapid motions of the Aurora, this was the
eye deceiving the ear; I had my men blindfolded by turns, and then enquired ..."
5. The Life of John Linnell by Alfred Thomas Story (1892)
"... that eye-deceiving quality, but having an emphasis of imitation upon those
qualities of nature which give us ideas of sublimity and beauty ; and those ..."
6. The Poets and Poetry of America: To the Middle of the Nineteenth Century by Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1851)
"... the night'» resplendent flower With tint«, like hue« of heaven, the eye
deceiving— 80, lost in labyrinthine ..."
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