white of the eye

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white of the eye - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  White \White\, n.
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     1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of
        bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all
        colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note
        under Color, n., 1.
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              Finely attired in a of white.         --Shak.
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     2. Something having the color of snow; something white, or
        nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
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     3. Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery,
        which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at
        which a missile is shot.
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              'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white.
                                                    --Shak.
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     4. A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or
        Caucasian, races of men.
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     5. A white pigment; as, Venice white.
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     6. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies
        belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the
        color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under
        Cabbage.
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     Black and white. See under Black.
  
     Flake white, Paris white, etc. See under Flack,
        Paris, etc.
  
     White of a seed (Bot.), the albumen. See Albumen, 2.
  
     White of egg, the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds
        the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In
        a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent
        of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater
        portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a
        small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar,
        with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60[deg] C. it
        coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it
        contains. --Parr.
  
     White of the eye (Anat.), the white part of the ball of the
        eye surrounding the transparent cornea.
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