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Cat's eye

noun

Any of various gems (as chrysoberyl or chalcedony) that reflect light when cut in a rounded shape.

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"Cat's eye" Quotes from Famous Books

... familiar to each other, so there would be less danger of their killing him. So I would take them both on my knee, when the bird would soon notice the kitten's eyes, and, leveling his bill as carefully as a marksman levels his rifle, he would remain so a minute, when he would dart his tongue into the cat's eye. This was held by the cats to be very mysterious: being struck in the eye by something invisible to them. They soon acquired such a terror of him that they would avoid him and run away whenever they saw his bill turned in their direction. He never would swallow a grasshopper even ...

— Locusts and Wild Honey • John Burroughs

Words linked to "Cat's eye" : opaque gem