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Bull's-eye   /bʊlz-aɪ/   Listen
noun
Bull's-eye  n.  
1.
(Naut.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.
2.
A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm.
3.
A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light.
4.
A circular or oval opening for air or light.
5.
A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself.
6.
(Astron.) Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull.
7.
(Archery & Gun.) The center of a target.
8.
A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown.
9.
A small and thick old-fashioned watch. (Colloq.)
10.
Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; as, to score a bull's eye.
Synonyms: bell ringer, mark.


Condenser  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, condenses.
2.
(Physic)
(a)
An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent its escape.
(b)
An instrument for concentrating electricity by the effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a nonconducting plate.
(c)
A lens or mirror, usually of short focal distance, used to concentrate light upon an object.
3.
(Chem.) An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling.
4.
(Steam Engine) An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air.
Achromatic condenser (Optics), an achromatic lens used as a condenser.
Bull's-eye condenser, or Bull's-eye (Optics), a lens of short focal distance used for concentrating rays of light.
Injection condenser, a vessel in which steam is condensed by the direct contact of water.
Surface condenser, an apparatus for condensing steam, especially the exhaust of a steam engine, by bringing it into contact with metallic surface cooled by water or air.





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"Bull's-eye" Quotes from Famous Books



... extraordinary. The manager had just finished his supper and was on the verandah rinsing out his mouth. The place was somewhat dark. Amulya had a revolver in each pocket, one loaded with blank cartridges, the other with ball. He had a mask over his face. He flashed a bull's-eye lantern in the manager's face and fired a blank shot. The man swooned away. Some of the guards, who were off duty, came running up, but when Amulya fired another blank shot at them they lost no time in taking cover. Then Kasim, who was on duty, ...
— The Home and the World • Rabindranath Tagore
... ocean. But conceive a monster of this sort almost in the town itself, revolving ceaselessly, flashing and flaring into every street and corner of a street, like some Patagonian policeman with a giant 'bull's-eye.' A more singular, unearthly effect cannot be conceived. Wherever I stand, in shadow or out of it, this sudden flashing pursues me. It might be called the 'Demon Lighthouse.' For a moment, in picturesque gloom, watching the shadows cast ...
— A Day's Tour • Percy Fitzgerald
... Madanika lingers! I wonder where she is. [She looks through a bull's-eye window.] Why, there she stands, talking with a man. Her loving glance does not waver, and she gazes as if she would drink him in. I imagine he must be the man who wishes to make her free. Well, let her stay, let her stay. Never ...
— The Little Clay Cart - Mrcchakatika • (Attributed To) King Shudraka
... hit the weak spot, Miss Urquhart, right in the bull's-eye," he declared, sighing furiously. "If I could have paid her, of course there'd have been no difficulty at all. ...
— Sisters • Ada Cambridge
... followed by her cousin. There was no Guy behind the pump, and she made straight for the tool-house. Lifting the latch, and standing just inside the door, the light from her bull's-eye fell on the old familiar objects. There was the grindstone, there the ...
— Under Padlock and Seal • Charles Harold Avery


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