Bull's-eye \bull's"-eye`\, n.
- (Naut.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves,
having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for
connecting rigging
- A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors
to portend a storm
- A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor,
ship's side, etc., to let in light
- A circular or oval opening for air or light
- A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for
concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself.
--Dickens
- (Astron.) Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the
Bull
- (Archery & Gun.) The center of a target
- A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the
pipe through which it was blown
- A small and thick old-fashioned watch. [Colloq.]
- (Optics) Bull's-eye condenser, or Bull's-eye, a lens of short
focal distance used for concentrating rays of light
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