EYES OF HER. The foremost part of the bay, or in the bows of a ship. In
olden times, and now in Spanish and Italian boats, as well as Chinese
junks, an eye is painted on each bow. The hawse-holes also are deemed
the "eyes of her."
EYE-SORE. Any disagreeable object.
EYE-SPLICE. (_See_ SPLICE.) A kind of splice made by turning the end of
a rope back, and the strands passed through the standing part.--_Eye of
a splice_, the strand turned up, by the fid or marline-spike, to receive
the opposite strand.
EYGHT. An alluvial river-island, where osiers usually grow, called also
_ait_, _ayt_, _ey_, _eyet_, or _eyot_. Also, the thickest part of a
scule of herrings; when this is scattered by the fishermen, it is termed
"breaking the ey."