white of the eye

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1. [1913 Webster]

Finely attired in a of white.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye. [1913 Webster]

3.Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot. [1913 Webster]

'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

4.A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men. [1913 Webster]

5.A white pigment; as, Venice white. [1913 Webster]

6.(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage. [1913 Webster]

Black and white. See under Black.

Flake white, Paris white, etc. See under Flack, Paris, etc.

White of a seed (Bot.), the albumen. See Albumen, 2.

White of egg, the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar, with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60[deg] C. it coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it contains. --Parr.

White of the eye (Anat.), the white part of the ball of the eye surrounding the transparent cornea. [1913 Webster]