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Definition of Sore-eyed
1. Adjective. Having sore eyes; suffering from pinkeye or conjunctivitis.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sore-eyed
Literary usage of Sore-eyed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mikirs: From the Papers of the Late Edward Stack by Edward Stack, Charles James Lyall (1908)
"... ansl ha mek-keso having collected a load took, and that (distant) sore-eyed
... I (for) sore-eyed people medicine here am aale," a loan-word from Khasi ..."
2. Early Times in Texas by John Crittenden Duval (1892)
"But the more I thought 'bout that sore eyed poodle the sicker I got, tell at last
I parted company with all I had tuck of him fur breakfast—but I ruth- er ..."
3. The Indian Sign Language: With Brief Explanatory Notes of the Gestures by William Philo Clark (1884)
""The sore-eyed moon" (buffalo cows drop their calves). 7//4. ... sore-eyed month."
April. "The month the geese lay eggs." May. " Planting month." June. ..."
4. The Indian Sign Language: With Brief Explanatory Notes of the Gestures by William Philo Clark (1884)
"5/A. The moon, "the hair gets thick on buffalo foetus;" called also " men's
mouth," or " hard mouth." 6th. "The sore-eyed moon" ..."
5. The Indian Sign Language: With Brief Explanatory Notes of the Gestures by William Philo Clark (1885)
""The sore-eyed moon" (buffalo cows drop their calves). 7//4. ... "sore-eyed month."
April. "The month the geese lay eggs." May. "Planting month." June. ..."
6. A Reply to the Letters of the Abbe Dubois, on the State of Christianity in India by James Hough, Jean Antoine Dubois (1824)
"Our Author's "sore eyed" metaphor therefore, only discovers his gross ignorance,
not merely of the power of Him whose work it is to ..."
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