tiger's eye en · NOUN
Meanings
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A chatoyant gemstone that is usually yellow- to red-brown, with a silky lustre.
Every one noticed her eyes; the brown iris had golden glints that made them look like gold-stone, or, in softer lights, like that Colorado mineral called tiger-eye.
1913 June, Willa Sibert Cather, chapter I, in O Pioneers!, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], →OCLC, part I (The Wild Land), page 11:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tiger's eyes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| tiger eye | alternative | lexicographic | |
| tiger's-eye | alternative | lexicographic | |
| tigereye | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (13)
de Tigerauge (chatoyant gemstone) · es ojo de tigre (chatoyant gemstone) · hu tigrisszem (chatoyant gemstone) · it occhio di tigre (chatoyant gemstone) · ru тигро́вый глаз (chatoyant gemstone) · fr œil-de-tigre (chatoyant gemstone) · cmn 虎眼石 (chatoyant gemstone) · bg тигрово око (chatoyant gemstone) · mn барын нүд (chatoyant gemstone) · pt olho de tigre (chatoyant gemstone) · pl tygrysie oko (chatoyant gemstone) · fi tiikerinsilmä (chatoyant gemstone) · da tigerøje (chatoyant gemstone)