birdeye

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A position looking down from above, either literally or figuratively (providing an…

   A position looking down from above, either literally or figuratively (providing an overview).

   • These two forms of lighting are most used at CBS, although birdeyes are used occasionally.
   • He has provided us with not only an excellent working framework to distinguish the various issues that can be raised in relation to individuation but also a birdeye's view of most of their histories
   • He was now standing at the top with a birdeye's view of the battlefield.
2. 2

   An eye that is birdlike, especially one with an unblinking stare or with very keen…

   An eye that is birdlike, especially one with an unblinking stare or with very keen eyesight.

   • With no voice something formed inside her. Like a bird regarding a snail. And I await the swoop, the ravaging beak, the descent of the sleek, pinfeathered head and the naked hunger in the shrewd birdeyes.
   • From Heaven's heights their keen birdeyes could see in the Moonlight much of the landscape for hundreds of leagues around.
3. 3

   A string bean of species Phaseolus vulgaris.

   • The remaining one fourth is generally used in the production of corn and hay, although some wheat, oats, rye, buckwheat, and birdeye beans are grown.
   • This later-maturing relative of the birdeye is grown for its short pods (3 to 5 in.) containing small seeds which are desirable for table use.
   • I lived on birdeye beans before there was any rayon plant and I can live on birdeye beans again.
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   1. 4

      A small, extremely hot chili (Capsicum frutescen), a piri piri.

      • JJ served a bass crudo with yam, Birdeye chile, and cumin puff rice.
   2. 5

      A flowering herbaceous perennial, Veronica chamaedrys.

      • Veronica persica (common names: birdeye speedwell, common field-speedwell, Persian speedwell, large field speedwell, bird's-eye or winter speedwell) is a flowering plant native to Eurasia.
      • The hydroalcoholic extracts were obtained from the burdock roots and respectively the aerial parts of birdeye speedwell.
   3. 6

      A partially woody spurge (Caperonia castaneaefolia) found in wet soils in the…

      A partially woody spurge (Caperonia castaneaefolia) found in wet soils in the southeastern U.S.; Mexican weed; Texas weed.

      • Hand pulling and mowing are used to remove indigo and curly indigo, but this is not practical for the Mexican weed (birdeye) and red weed.
      • The most important weeds other than grasses are indigo, Sesbania macrocarpa Muhl., curly or frizzly indigo, Aeschynomene virginica (L) B.S.P., and Mexican weed or birdeye, Caperonia castaneaefolia (L) St. Hil.
   4. 7

      A reverse twill weave, or cloth made with that weave.

      • The infant's napkins should be of thin Canton flannel or cotton birdeye, a few of linen birdeye being provided for occasional use in case of rash or chafing; rubber cloth is not to be thought of.
      • The twill proper is threaded 1, 2, 3, 4. To obtain a birdeye or herringbone, the reverse is also used—4, 3, 2, 1.
      • I should think that the Dover silk must have been a fine weave, as coarse birdeye twills often have a cross instead of the dot in the centre to avoid long floats.
   5. 8

      A small hole that appears in knitted or woven fabric, where the threads have separated.

      • This would cause birdeyes, cuts, and dropped stitches in the gore line.
      • A defect analysis by knitter is issued periodically to whos the frequency of such things as machine holes, press-offs, runners, drop stitches, and "birdeyes".
   6. 9

      A small rounded deposit in a calcite matrix.

      • These two structures are generally uncommon in the rocks under study, but some calcite mosaics resembling stromatactis and birdeyes are observed in the biomicrites.
      • The quartz of the fracture veins and birdeyes which is microcrystalline to coarsely crystalline has possibly formed by direct precipitation from silica rich solutions.
      • In the upper 50 feet the Vallentine is a thick-bedded (3 to 5 feet), light gray, extremely fine calcilutite which exhibits concoidal fracture and contains numerous "birdeye's" features.
   7. 10

      A small spot or knot in finished lumber.

      • It may have a 'flash grain'; contain too many or too large knots, 'birdeyes'; or pin knots.
      • There is no limitation on sound burls, birdeyes or twig specks.

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