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eye-gate

eye-gate noun: the sense of sight as a means of connection to the soul.

Noun

eye-gate (uncountable)

  1. The sense of sight as a means of connection to the soul.
    • Give what "is written," and then, by maps, picture objects, black-board exercises, and stories, put it into "wagons" to help the imagination and the understanding, and send it through "eye-gate," into the soul.1874, W. F. Crafts, Wagons for Eye-gate; Or, Illustrative Teaching, page 5
    • Eye-gate is one of the great openings to the soul.1930, Jefferis & Nichols, Safe Counsel or Practical Eugenics, page 443

Questions about eye-gate

What does eye-gate mean?
Eye-gate means the sense of sight as a means of connection to the soul.
What part of speech is eye-gate?
Eye-gate is a noun.

Words near eye-gate in the dictionary

  1. eye-filling
  2. eye-fuck
  3. eye-fucked
  4. eye-fucking
  5. eye-fucks
  6. eye-gate
  7. eye-glassed
  8. eye-gougingly
  9. eye-hand coordination
  10. eye-hand coordinations
  11. eye-hole

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