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Definition of Lay eyes on
1. Verb. See with attention. "They lay eyes on themselves"; "Behold Christ!"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lay Eyes On
Literary usage of Lay eyes on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"Yes. she had told him she rued the hour she ever laid eyes on him—well, perhaps
she would never lay eyes on him again !—and then a striking clock seemed to ..."
2. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Charles Welsh, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"She turned her eyes from his quivering body to where she saw the goldfinch an
instant before, but neither goldfinch nor Earl Gerald did she ever lay eyes on ..."
3. Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War by David Dixon Porter (1885)
"I won't see them now, and never want to lay eyes on them. I don't care what you
do with them, nor where you send them, but don't let them come near me ! ..."
4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1894)
"... privately, that he has no notion of taking orders from anybody; and the
commodore will never lay eyes on him during the whole cruise. ..."
5. Representative American Plays by Arthur Hobson Quinn (1917)
"... in disguise—last night, for instance, a couple of gallows knaves, saving your
majesty's presence—Ah! if I could only lay eyes on them again—I should ..."
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