gaze : Idioms & Phrases

• (a) (Her.) With the face turned directly to the front; said of the figures of the stag, hart, buck, or hind, when borne, in this position, upon an escutcheon. (b) In a position expressing sudden fear or surprise; a term used in stag hunting to describe the manner of a stag when he first hears the hounds and gazes round in apprehension of some hidden danger; hence, standing agape; idly or stupidly gazing.

Webster 1913

• noun staring into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or distant events
  

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Glass"-gaz`ing adjective

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1. Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical. Poetic Shak.

Webster 1913

• noun literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption
  omphaloskepsis.
  

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