deadeye
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Each is deadeye with a gun — a good skill to have when rattlesnakes make their way into your home.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2018
Even deadeye sharpshooter Reggie Miller clapped his wrists when releasing the ball.
From Forbes ● Aug. 26, 2014
Kentucky was a deadeye 35-of-37 at the line, compared to 13-of-17 for the Hoosiers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2012
Johnson was a passing maestro; Bird was a deadeye shooter.
From Washington Post
Shorty had the stories, the personality, the deadeye with a rifle in deer season.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Coach Ranko Zeravica threw down the gauntlet after his Yugoslav deadeyes trounced Italy, 86-77, for the gold medal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Below, Lee Goom and Toyama were lowering skylight covers and screwing up deadeyes.
From The Night-Born by London, Jack
He reached up and seized a notch beneath a gunport, pulling the longboat under the deadeyes that supported the mainmast shrouds.
From Caribbee by Hoover, Thomas
Everything on the decks was brightly revealed, every ringbolt, the pins in the rails, deadeyes, sails, gear, aye, every rope in the rigging was boldly etched against the glowing background.
From The Blood Ship by Springer, Norman
It consists of a small line reeved back and forth through the holes in the "deadeyes," A; the ends are then seized to the standing rigging to prevent slipping.
From Knots, Splices and Rope Work A Practical Treatise by Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)
