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Definition of Black eye

1. Noun. A swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye.

2. Noun. A bad reputation. "His behavior gave the whole family a black eye"

3. Noun. An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating.

Definition of Black eye

1. Noun. An eye which has been bruised showing noticeable hematoma, especially after receiving a blow. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Black eye

1. Ecchymosis of the lids and their surroundings. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Eye

black comedy black coral black cottonwood black currant black cypress pine black diamond black disease black drop effect black duck black dwarf

black dwarfs black economy black elder black elderberry black eye (current term) black eyes black felt cup black fever black flag black flags

black fly black fox black friar black friars black fritillary black game black garden ant black gold black grama

Literary usage of Black eye

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1839)
"Rubens, the painter, had a black eye, and it is remarkable that he had not a nice sense ... Another celebrated painter remarks, that a black eye is not the ..."

2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Mouse (pugilistic) a black eye, now a common expression. Poor Chinnery, our favourite " pug," I fear came off but ill; He has a blister on his foot, ..."

3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"He's green, with лп enchanting tuft ; He melts me with his small black eye ; He'd look inimitable stuffed, And knows it,—but he will not die ! ..."

4. The Student's Guide to Diseases of the Eye by Edward Nettleship (1882)
"In ordinary " black eye" the ecchymosis is superficial, and, if it affect either the palpebral or ocular conjunctiva, does not pass far back. ..."

5. Hints on Advocacy: Conduct of Cases Civil and Criminal : Classes of by Richard Harris (1882)
"SCIENTIFIC DEFINITION OF A " black eye." A great deal of what is termed medical evidence is not medical evidence in any sense of the term, except that it is ..."

6. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"The following list of peas tested the present season is grouped according to color : White : black eye, Blue Hull, Conch, Large Lady, Mush, Pony, Red Eye, ..."

7. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1839)
"Rubens, the painter, had a black eye, and it is remarkable that he had not a nice sense ... Another celebrated painter remarks, that a black eye is not the ..."

8. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Mouse (pugilistic) a black eye, now a common expression. Poor Chinnery, our favourite " pug," I fear came off but ill; He has a blister on his foot, ..."

9. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"He's green, with лп enchanting tuft ; He melts me with his small black eye ; He'd look inimitable stuffed, And knows it,—but he will not die ! ..."

10. The Student's Guide to Diseases of the Eye by Edward Nettleship (1882)
"In ordinary " black eye" the ecchymosis is superficial, and, if it affect either the palpebral or ocular conjunctiva, does not pass far back. ..."

11. Hints on Advocacy: Conduct of Cases Civil and Criminal : Classes of by Richard Harris (1882)
"SCIENTIFIC DEFINITION OF A " black eye." A great deal of what is termed medical evidence is not medical evidence in any sense of the term, except that it is ..."

12. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"The following list of peas tested the present season is grouped according to color : White : black eye, Blue Hull, Conch, Large Lady, Mush, Pony, Red Eye, ..."

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