a. [see EAGLE 10 c.] Having an eye like an eagle; keen-sighted. lit. and fig.
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.
1625. Hart, Anat. Ur., II. iii. 65. The most eagle-eyed Physitian.
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.
1800. Weems, Washington, v. (1877), 35. The eagle-eyed friendship of Mr. Waller quickly discovered him.