at gaze

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at gaze - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gaze \Gaze\, n.
     1. A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration;
        a continued look of attention.
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              With secret gaze
              Or open admiration him behold.        --Milton.
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     2. The object gazed on.
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              Made of my enemies the scorn and gaze. --Milton.
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     At gaze
        (a) (Her.) With the face turned directly to the front; --
            said of the figures of the stag, hart, buck, or hind,
            when borne, in this position, upon an escutcheon.
        (b) In a position expressing sudden fear or surprise; -- a
            term used in stag hunting to describe the manner of a
            stag when he first hears the hounds and gazes round in
            apprehension of some hidden danger; hence, standing
            agape; idly or stupidly gazing.
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                  I that rather held it better men should perish
                  one by one,
                  Than that earth should stand at gaze like
                  Joshua's moon in Ajalon!          --Tennyson.
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