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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

bullseye.
1. A circular piece of lignum vitae, hollowed in the centre to take a rope and grooved round the outside to accommodate a strop which enables it to be fixed in position where required. Its main purpose is to change the lead, or direction, of a rope in cases where a block for this purpose is not required.

2. It is also the name given to a piece of thick glass set flush in the deck of a ship to admit light to the deck below.

3. The small expanse of blue sky seen in the centre of a tropical storm.

4. See parrel.

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bullseye

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

bullseye the centre of the target in sports such as archery, shooting, and darts; a shot that hits the centre of such a target; in figurative use, something that achieves exactly the intended effect.

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bullseye

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

bullseye See PEMPHERIDAE; PRIACANTHIDAE.

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