eyemark

English

Etymology

From eye +‎ mark.

Noun

eyemark (plural eyemarks)

1. Something that is eye-catching; a landmark or spectacle.
   • 1847, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Monadnoc:

     An eyemark and the country's core, Inspirer, prophet evermore;

   • 1854, Francis Jeffrey, The Modern British Essayists - Volume 5, page 357:

     They had good telescopes with them; "and one friend after another searched out the spot in the distance which had become the dearest to him; neither was I without a little eyemark of the like, which, though it rose not conspicuous in the landscape, drew me to it beyond all else with a kindly magic.

   • 1874, George Chapman, Richard Herne Shepherd, The Works of George Chapman, page 293:

     'Slife, will you stand rhyming there upon a stage, to be an eyemark to all that pass ?

   • 1920, The Lutheran Companion - Volume 28, page 599:

     The art of holding attention by all lawful means is prime, as to style. The children were my eyemark, here.

2. A visual basis of comparison.
   • 1885, John Morris, The Life and Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket:

     The new comer was right eager to know who of the townspeople might follow such laudable ways, and therefore he taketh an eyemark against the lifting day-brow, both of his growth and the manner of attire he wore, that he might rather know him if he should happen to see him afterwards.

   • 1896, E. Marguerite Lindley, Health in the Home:

     Fortunately we have no standard of proportions as an eyemark, hence no one will suffer by comparison.

   • 1966, Graphic Arts Monthly and the Printing Industry:

     In order to control cutoff register with the Insetrol equipment, the web-offset preprinter must print special “eyemarks” on the web at the same time

3. A mark around or near the eye.
   • 1863, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1832).:

     In Hindostan the L. cristatus occurs in winter chiefly, being of a browner plumage, with indistinct eyemark; this will probably be the typical L. phoenicurus of Pallas, finding its summer resort in Siberia

   • 1881, George MacGregor, The History of Glasgow, page 148:

     A woman whom she had convicted of having the devil's eyemark, was disguised, and, after an interval, again brought before her ; she acquitted her.

   • 1992, Steward Anthropological Society, Journal of the Steward Anthropological Society, page 44:

     The other one, on the south side [Figure 8], is much more elaborate, has symmetric claws, a dead slit eye, and no eyemarks.

4. A marking that resembles an eye.
   • 1901, The American Primary Teacher - Volume 25, page 56:

     while the front wings, with waved lining of colors similar to those of the other pair, bore near the edge an eyemark of darkest brown bordered with white.

   • 1903, Lionel Walter Rothschild Baron Rothschild, Karl Jordan, A Revision of the Lepidopterous Family Sphingidae:

     The first blue spot of the eyemark mostly small, the second and third sometimes separate, but mostly joined together in front.

5. The focal point of the eye; the point on which the eye is focused.
   • 1968, Instrumentation Technology - Volume 15, page 14:

     Produced by NAC Inc. (Japan), it shows the subject's eyemark as a spot superimposed on the entire field of view being observed or recorded. From these records, analyses can be made on time history of the eyemark, timing of eye fixation, direction and distance of eye movement under stimuli, relative motion between the eye and head, and distribution of eye fixation distances.

   • 2007, Human Factors in Seating Comfort and Driving and Automotive Telematics and Advances in Instrument Panels and Interiors:

     In Event A, the time from occurrence of a dangerous incident to movement of the eyemark to the immobile car while operating HMI2 or HMI3 was shorter than that of HMI1.