Meanings
nouneye-gate (uncountable)
- uncountablelifestyleThe sense of sight as a means of connection to the soul.
Eye-gate is one of the great openings to the soul.
1930, Jefferis & Nichols, Safe Counsel or Practical Eugenics, page 4431 more example
Give what "is written," and then, by maps, picture objects, black-board exercises, and stories, put it into "wagons" to help the imagination and the understanding, and send it through "eye-gate," into the soul.
1874, W. F. Crafts, Wagons for Eye-gate; Or, Illustrative Teaching, page 5
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