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cat's eye

or cat's-eye

[ kats-ahy ]

noun

plural cat's eyes, cat's-eyes.
  1. any of certain gems having a chatoyant luster, especially chrysoberyl.
  2. a playing marble marked with eyelike concentric circles.


cat's-eye

noun

  1. any of a group of gemstones, esp a greenish-yellow variety of chrysoberyl, that reflect a streak of light when cut in a rounded unfaceted shape
  2. Also calledataata a grazing marine gastropod, Turbo smaragdus , of New Zealand waters
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of cat's eye1

First recorded in 1545–55
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Skewering the art world in fiction is almost a tradition — think of “Cat’s Eye” by Margaret Atwood, and now, Ella Baxter’s second novel.

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That's called the reverse cat’s eye . . . which may be coincidental, who can say?

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Those who know fashion recognize this as the cat's eye.

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From around the maid’s aproned skirts there appeared a single cat’s eye, a sickening yellow.

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Mom caught Cat’s eye in the rearview mirror and then looked back at the road quickly.

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