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Definition of Cat's eye
1. Noun. Any of various gems (as chrysoberyl or chalcedony) that reflect light when cut in a rounded shape.
Definition of Cat's eye
1. Noun. (British NZ) (context: usually in plural) A small reflective disc placed on a road surface as a marking that can be seen even at night. ¹
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Literary usage of Cat's eye
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1. Solutions of the Problems and Riders Proposed in the Senate-house by William Magan Campion, William Walton (1864)
"at the same distance from the cat,s eye, the line joining them being horizontal
and perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder. ..."
2. A Treatise on Gems in Reference to Their Practical and Scientific Value: A by Lewis Feuchtwanger (1838)
"CAT,S-EYE. The name of this mineral is derived from the peculiar play of light
perceptible on its surface, by which it resembles the rays of light in the ..."
3. Longmans' 'ship' Literary Readers: Book III. by Longman (Firm), Longman (Firm (1898)
"A tiger can break a man's legs, and a lion has so CAT S EYE AT NIGHT. CAT S EYE
BY DAY. strong a jaw that it can crunch the bones of an ..."
4. Applied Geology by James Vincent Elsden (1899)
"Cat,s eye, quartz and ferric oxides, having a fibrous structure due to the presence
of altered crocidolite. Chrysoprase, green chalcedony, coloured by ..."
5. The Manufacture of Varnishes and Kindred Industries: Based on and Including by John Geddes M'Intosh, Achille Livache (1908)
"The same lump is often variegated and striped and banded like agate or cat-s-eye.
By lying in the air the milkiness is dissipated but the resin becomes ..."
6. A Manual of Mineralogy by Arthur Aikin (1814)
"... W. CAT-S-EYE. Katzenauge W. Quarz-agathe chatoyant H. Occurs massive and in
loose pieces; fracture small-conchoidal-passing into even, ..."
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