a. [see EAGLE 10 c.] Having an eye like an eagle; keen-sighted. lit. and fig.

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1601.  Bp. Barlow, Eagle & Body (1609), E iv a. Faith, being Eagle eyed, can with Moses in a bramble bush see the maiestie of God.

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1625.  Hart, Anat. Ur., II. iii. 65. The most eagle-eyed Physitian.

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a. 1703.  Burkitt, On N. T., John viii. 11 (1739), 257/1. It is a false Zeal that is Eagle-eyed Abroad, and blind at Home.

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1800.  Weems, Washington, v. (1877), 35. The eagle-eyed friendship of Mr. Waller quickly discovered him.

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