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From Middle English eyed, eied, iȝed, y-yȝed, equivalent to eye + -ed.

not comparable Having eyes. The familiar hatchery practice of agitating the eggs after they are eyed, called shocking or addling, ruptures the yolk membranes of the ever-tender sterile eggs. The result is a precipitation of the globulin and a whitening of the egg.
not comparable Having eye-like spots. The back of the beetle was eyed to make it appear to be a snake to a predator.
in compounds, not comparable Having the specified kind or number of eyes. What mean you, sir, / To give them this discomfort? Look, they weep; / And I, an ass, am onion-eyed: for shame, / Transform us not to women.