Meaning

Something that is eye-catching; a landmark or spectacle..

Definitions by Sense

1. Something that is eye-catching; a landmark or spectacle.
2. A visual basis of comparison.
3. A mark around or near the eye.
4. A marking that resembles an eye.
5. The focal point of the eye; the point on which the eye is focused.

Example Sentences

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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