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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dead-eye \Dead"-eye`\ (d[e^]d"[imac]`), n. (Naut.)
     A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an
     iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the
     lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for
     other purposes. Called also {deadman's eye}. --Totten.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deadeye
       n 1: a dead shot
       2: (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved
          perimeter used to tighten a shroud

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "deadeye":
     Nimrod, air hole, archer, armhole, artilleryman, blowhole, bowman,
     bullet-hole, bunghole, cannoneer, carabineer, crack shot, cringle,
     dead shot, eye, eyelet, gasket, good shot, grommet, guide, gun,
     gunman, gunner, hunter, keyhole, knothole, loop, loophole, manhole,
     marksman, markswoman, mousehole, musketeer, peephole, pigeonhole,
     pinhole, placket, placket hole, porthole, punch-hole, rifleman,
     sharpshooter, shooter, shot, sniper, spiracle, tap, targetshooter,
     toxophilite, trapshooter, vent, venthole
  
  

















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