glass eye

See also: glasseye

English

Noun

glass eye (plural glass eyes)

1. An artificial eyeball, not necessarily made from glass, intended to replace a missing or removed eye.
   • 1980, Roald Dahl, The Twits, page 10:

     You can play a lot of tricks with a glass eye because you can take it out and pop it back in again any time you like. You can bet your life Mrs. Twit knew all the tricks.

Related terms

• glassy-eyed
• glazed (adj)

Translations

artificial eye

• Danish: glasøje n
• Finnish: lasisilmä (fi)
• French: œil de verre (fr) m
• German: Glasauge (de) n, Kunstauge n
• Hungarian: üvegszem (hu)
• Kazakh: шыны көз (şyny köz)
• Kumyk: шиша гёз (şişa göz)
• Portuguese: olho de vidro m
• Swedish: emaljöga (sv) n, glasöga (sv) n

Anagrams

• eyeglass