birdeye

Noun

birdeye (countable and uncountable, plural birdeyes)

1. 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.1944, Frederik A. Kugel, Television Magazine, volumes 1-3, page 77
   • 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 histories1996, Ludger Honnefelder, Rega Wood, Mechthild Dreyer, John Duns Scotus, →ISBN, page 273
2. 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.1981, Maurice Duggan, Christian Karlson Stead, Collected Stories, page 37
   • She noticed the white stubble already on the doctor's red cheeks, even though it was only afternoon, the vein standing out on his forehead, the intensity of his birdeyes, like the hawks that soared over the chicken-coop farm of her childhood.1996, Northwest Review, volume 34, page 19
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.1930, United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Soil survey, page 35
   • 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.1943, Ernest Albert McCallan, The Bermuda Home Vegetable Garden, page 18
4. A small, extremely hot chili (Capsicum frutescen), a piri piri.
   • At a shop called Thandapani are sacks of chilies — dried large chilies, which are not too hot, Dhershini says; medium-hot red peppers and green ones; small, wrinkled red chilies that are very hot; and tiny, bright-red birdeye chilies that are, she says, "Oh my God!1993, Pearl Violette Metzelthin, Gourmet, volume 53, numbers 1-6, page 92
   • JJ served a bass crudo with yam, Birdeye chile, and cumin puff rice.2014 June 26, Amanda Kludt, “Eater Young Guns Class of 2014 Feted in Los Angeles”, in Eater National
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.2016, M Sharifi-Rad, GS Tayeboon, J Sharifi-Rad, “Inhibitory activity on type 2 diabetes and hypertension key-enzymes, and antioxidant capacity of Veronica persica phenolic-rich extracts”, in...
   • The hydroalcoholic extracts were obtained from the burdock roots and respectively the aerial parts of birdeye speedwell.2018 January, Milen Radu Claudiu Fierascu, Irina Fierascu Georgiev, Camelia Ungureanu, Sorin Marius Avramescu, Alina Ortan, Mihaela Ioana Georgescu, Anca Nicoleta Sutan, Anca Zanfirescu, Cristina...
6. 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.1891, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Publications: Entomology - Volume 3, page 242
   • 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.1947, Journal of the American Society of Agronomy - Volume 39, page 395
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.1899, Cosmopolitan - Volume 27, page 623
   • The twill proper is threaded 1, 2, 3, 4. To obtain a birdeye or herringbone, the reverse is also used—4, 3, 2, 1.1940, Lou Tate, Weaving at the Little Loomhouse, page 29
8. A small hole that appears in knitted or woven fabric, where the threads have separated.
   • Another imperfection is generally called “bird-eye.” These may run vertically or horizontally or both ways as in Fig. 1. Bird-eyes which follow a wale are often caused by a dial needle which either has the hook opened a little too much or the latch bent at little to one side.1905, Textile World - Volume 28, page 132
   • This would cause birdeyes, cuts, and dropped stitches in the gore line.1961, Textile Industries, volume 125, page 158
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.1970, Bulletin of the Oil & Natural Gas Commission, volumes 7-9, page 85
   • The quartz of the fracture veins and birdeyes which is microcrystalline to coarsely crystalline has possibly formed by direct precipitation from silica rich solutions.1984, Vishwa Jit Gupta, R. C. Kanwar, Carbonate Rocks of the Himalaya, page 132
10. A small spot or knot in finished lumber.
    • A practical application of this rule will admit an occasional small sound pin knot not over 1/8 inch in diameter; dark green or black spots or streaks not over 1/4 inch wide and 3 inches long or its equivalent; birdeyes and small burls; a slightly torn grain or similar defect which can be readily...1919, Royal Shaw Kellogg, Lumber and Its Uses, page 142
    • It may have a 'flash grain'; contain too many or too large knots, 'birdeyes'; or pin knots.1941, Proceedings: Petroleum industry and trade, volume 22, page 186