EYE – adjectives
– AT EBB of the eyes: dry …1610 poetic usage
– AUGER-EYED having sharp or piercing eyes …1927 Amer. dial.
– AWRY-EYED having bleary or wild-looking eyes, esp. as a result of drunkenness; drunk; enraged, angry …1919 Amer. dial.
– BALD of eyes: lidless, staring …1809
– BLARED of an eye: wide-open, bulging …1966 Amer. dial.
– BLARE-EYED having wide-open, bulging eyes …1964 Amer. dial.
– BLAREY-EYED having eyes which turn outward; wall-eyed …1970 Amer. dial.
– BLINTERIN’ having weak eyes; near-sighted …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOOGERY-EYED having very round eyes …1969 Amer. dial.
– BRIGHT * of eyes or eyesight: sharp, keen, perceptive …a1225
– BUCK-EYED characterized by unusual eyes; having round eyes; cock-eyed …1950 Amer. dial.
– BUDGE-EYED having bulging eyes …1970 Amer. dial.
– BUG-EYED having bulging eyes …1922 orig. US
– BUGGY bug-eyed …1965 Amer. dial.
– BUGLE-EYED having very round eyes …1969 Amer. dial.
– BUNG-EYED having protruding eyes …1965 Amer. dial.
– BUTTONED UP of the mouth, lips, or eyes: firmly closed …1753
– CAT-EYED having piercing or sharp eyes …1965 Amer. dial.
– CHICKEN-EYED having very round eyes …1970 Amer. dial.
– DARKENED of an eye: closed …E19 boxing sl.
– DEER-EYED having soft or languid eyes …Bk1897
– EGG-EYED of persons: having very round eyes …1966 Amer. dial.
– EYESORE having sore or tired eyes …1842
– GAM of an eye: wavering, uncertain …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GAME wavering, uncertain …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GOTCH-EYED having eyes that look in different directions, looking inward …1954 Amer. dial.
– GRAVY-EYED bleary-eyed; having mucus-filled eyes …L18 sl.
– HARE-EYED having eyes that look all round, or that are never closed …1611
– HAWK-EYED pop-eyed, bug-eyed …1960 Amer. dial.
– KEEN-EYED of the eyes: sharp, piercing …1965 Amer. dial.
– LACHRYMOSE of the eyes: suffused with tears …1727
– LONG-EYED wall-eyed; having eyes looking outwards …1969 Amer. dial.
– MARBLE-EYED round-eyed …1965 Amer. dial.
– MICE-EYED †* having the keen eyes of mice; keen-eyed, sharp-sighted ….1509
– MINK-EYED having sharp or piercing eyes …1967 Amer. dial.
– NEEDLE-EYED having very sharp or piercing eyes …1965 Amer. dial.
– OGLE-EYED having round or bulging eyes …1966 Amer. dial.
– OMELETTE-EYED having very round eyes …1969 Amer. dial.
– OREY-EYED having bleary or wild-looking eyes, esp. as a result of drunkenness; drunk; enraged, angry …1926 Amer. dial.
– ORIE-EYED having bleary or wild-looking eyes, esp. as a result of drunkenness; drunk; enraged, angry …1928 Amer. dial.
– ORRY-EYED having bleary or wild-looking eyes, esp. as a result of drunkenness; drunk; enraged, angry …1939 Amer. dial.
– PEA-EYED having small, round, beady eyes …1966 Amer. dial.
– PIG-EYED having eyes that stick out; having squinty eyes …1966 Amer. dial.
– POPPY of the eyes: bulging, protuberant …1899 Amer. dial.
– POSSUM-EYED having sharp or piercing eyes …1968 Amer. dial.
– RANGY of eyes: looking in different directions; walleyed …1966 Amer. dial.
– REEK-SHOT of the eyes: become suddenly sore and watery without any apparent cause …Bk1904 Sc.
– SANGUINED † of eyes: bloodshot …1700
– SANGUINOUS † of eyes: bloodshot …1490
– SAUCER-EYED having large, round eyes …1622
– SCREECH-EYED having the eyes narrowed …1968 Amer. dial.
– SCRINCH-EYED having the eyes narrowed …1967 Amer. dial.
– SCROUGED UP of the eyes: contracted, narrowed …1909 Amer. dial.
– SPEECHFUL of the eyes: full of expression, expressive …a1849
– SUDDEN † of the eye: glancing quickly …1590
– VAGARISH † of the eyes: disposed to wander; wandering …1819 now rare or obs.
– VAGUE * of the eyes: devoid of expression …1820 poetic
– VAPOROUS † of the eyes: moist with tears …1583
– WAPPER † of the eyes: blinking, unsteady …1581
– WAPPER-EYED blinking, blear-eyed, squinting; having restless eyes …1604 Eng. dial.
– YELDER-E’ED † having an evil or unlucky eye …Bk1905 Sc.
eye – nouns
– AGGIE EYES eyes that haven’t had enough sleep …Brit. sl.
– APPLE OF THE EYE the pupil of the eye …a1300
– APPLE PIE an eye …1930s US criminals’ rhyming sl.
– BABY BLUES 1. human eyes, irrespective of their actual colour …1910s sl., orig. US
2. blue eyes …1957 US colloq.
– BABY’S CRIES the eyes …1920s rhyming sl.
– BAIRNIE OF THE EYE the pupil of the eye …1825 Sc.
– BAT dark specks which appear floating before the eyes when the sight is impaired …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BEEFER a black eye …1967 Amer. dial.
– BEEF-EYE a black eye …1954 Amer. dial.
– BEEFSTEAK EYE a black eye …1950 Amer. dial.
– BIFF a black eye …1968 Amer. dial.
– BIRD the pupil of the eye …1691 Eng. dial.
– BLACK PEEPER a black eye …1967 Amer. dial.
– BLINKER the eye …1816 sl.
– BLUE EYE the darkened area around an eye caused by bruising; a black eye …1965 Amer. dial.
– BOOGER nasal mucus; also, occasionally, mucus from the eye …1891 Amer. dial.
– BOTANY BAY COAT OF ARMS a black eye …Bk1945 Aust.
– BRIGHTS the eyes …Bk2006 US sl.
– BRUISER a black eye …1965 Amer. dial.
– BUG EYE a very round or bulging eye …1950 Amer. dial.
– BUGSY EYE a very round or bulging eye …1966 Amer. dial.
– BUNGER a black eye …1900s US sl.
– BUNG-EYE 1. an eye infection caused by flies …L19 Aust. sl.
2. a protruding eye …1965 Amer. dial.
– BUNGY-EYE an eye infection caused by flies …L19 Aust. sl.
– BUNNY a black eye …1966 Amer. dial.
– BUTTONHOLE a person’s eye or mouth regarded as resembling a buttonhole, esp. in being small, narrow, or slit-like …1599
– CANDLE OF THE EYE the pupil of the eye …1888 Eng. dial.
– CAT TRACK any eye disease …1919 Amer. dial.
– CHEATERS the eyes …1977 UK sl.
– COLONIAL LIVERY black eyes …Bk1945 Aust.
– CRANBERRY EYE a bloodshot eye …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DAISY a black eye …1968 Amer. dial.
– DAYLIGHTS the eyes …1752 sl., esp. nautical usage
– DAY-OPENER an eye …c1840 sl., orig. boxing usage
– DEADLIGHTS the eyes …19C sl.
– DOMELIGHTS the eyes …1990s US sl.
– DUCK’S MEAT mucus produced in the eye …1990s Ulster sl.
– EEKIE an eye …1875 Sc.
– EENIE an eye …1875 Sc.
– EYE-APPLE * the pupil of the eye or the eyeball …1658
– EYE-LIMPET † an artificial eye …1866 sl.
– EYE-PEARL †* a cataract or other opacity in the eye …1597
– EYES LIKE COD’S BOLLOCKS protuberant eyes …1961 UK sl.
– EYES LIKE PISS-HOLES IN THE SNOW deeply sunken or squinting eyes; often a symptom of a hangover …1970 UK sl.
– EYE-WEB †* a cataract or other opacity of the eye …1657
– EYEWINKER an eyelash; also, an eye or eyelid; usually in plural …1808 orig. Sc.
– FAR-KEEKER the eye …1856 Eng. dial. sl.
– GAGERS eyes …1859 US sl.
– GAGGERS the eyes …M19 US sl.
– GEMINIS † a pair of eyes …1633
– GLIM an eye; a pair of spectacles …1889 Amer. dial.
– GLIMMER an eye …1966 Amer. dial.
– GLORYS the eyes …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– GOGGLERS the eyes …1821 sl.
– GOOG a black eye …1920s US sl.
– GOO-GOO an eye …1910s sl.
– GUM the sticky secretion that collects in the inner corner of the eye …a1616
– HALF-A-SURPRISE a single black eye …L19 sl.
– HAWK EYE a sharp or keen eye like a hawk’s …1684
– HAWK’S EYE a sharp or keen eye like a hawk’s …1684
– HEADLIGHTS eyes …1960s Amer. sl.
– INK-SAUCER a dark mark beneath the eye …1884
– IRISH COAT OF ARMS 1. a black eye …M18 sl.
2. two black eyes and a bleeding nose …E19 US sl.
– IRISHMAN’S COAT OF ARMS 1. a black eye …M18 sl.
2. two black eyes and a bleeding nose …E19 US sl.
– KEEKERS the eyes …1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– LAMPS the eyes …1590 sl., orig, poetical (Shakespeare)
– LIGHTS the eyes …1820 Amer. sl.
– LOOKERS eyes …Bk1913 Amer dial.
– MARBLE EYE a large, round eye …1930 Amer. dial.
– MATT the stuff in the corner of your eyes when you wake up in the morning …1983 Amer. dial.
– MILK EYE a big, round, soft eye, like a baby’s …1950 Amer. dial.
– MINCE-PIES the eyes …1857 rhyming sl.
– MINCES eyes…Brit. rhyming sl. from ‘mince pies’
– MINK EYE an eye with a sharp or piercing look …1967 Amer. dial.
– MOUSE a black eye …1854 sl.
– MOUSER a lump or swelling caused by a blow; a black eye …1860 Amer. dial.
– NEEN † eyes …1684 Eng. dial.
– NELLIE an eye; generally in plural …1910s rhyming sl. (Nellie Bligh)
– NELLIE BLIGH an eye; generally in plural …1910s rhyming sl.
– NELLY an eye; generally in plural …1910s rhyming sl. (Nelly Bligh)
– NELLY BLIGH an eye; generally in plural …1910s rhyming sl.
– NELLY BLY an eye; generally in plural …1910s rhyming sl.
– OCAL the eye …2002 UK sl.
– OCEAN LINER a black eye …1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘shiner’
– OCULAR an eye …1825 humorous
– OGLE an eye; esp. in boxing …1676 sl.
– OGLE EYE a bulging or round eye …1966 Amer. dial.
– OGLERS eyes …1815 sl.
– OPAL the eye …2002 UK sl.
– OPTICS the eyes …1620
– ORB the globe of the eye; the eyeball; the eye …a1600 poetic
– ORBIT the eyeball, the eye …1728
– PAINTED PEEPERS black eyes …19C sl.
– PEA EYE a small, round eye …1966 Amer. dial.
– PEA OF THE EYE the pupil of the eye …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– PEELER a black eye …1969 Amer. dial.
– PEEPER a black eye …1967 Amer. dial.
– PEEPERS the eyes …c1690 sl.
– PEEPERS IN MOURNING black eyes …19C sl.
– PIGSNEY † an eye; the eye of a woman …1663
– PORKY an eye …1990s rhyming sl. (Porky Pie)
– PUDDING AND PIE the eye …Brit. sl.
– QUEER LAMPS sore or weak eyes …1812 sl.
– QUEER OGLES cross eyes …E19 UK criminals’ sl.
– QUEER PEEPERS squinting or short-sighted eyes …18C UK criminals’ sl.
– RAINBOW †* the iris of the eye …1615
– RUNNING LIGHTS eyes …1950s Amer. sl.
– SAND-DUST the gritty matter that forms in the eyes when one is sleepy or sleeping …1977 Amer. dial.
– SAUCER EYE an eye as large and round as a saucer; generally ascribed to spectres and ghosts …1664
– SAUCERS the eyes …1864 sl.
– SHANTY a black eye …1859 Amer. dial.
– SHINER an eye blackened by a blow …1904 sl.
– SHUTTERS the eyelids; the eyes …L19 Amer. sl.
– SIDE-LIGHTS eyes …L19 nautical sl.
– SIGHT † the pupil of the eye …c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SIGHT-HOLE † the pupil of the eye …1670
– SLANTERS the eyes …1940s US Black sl.
– SMUT ‘sleep’ or gritty matter that sometimes forms in one’s eyes during sleep …1981 Amer. dial.
– SPADE gum secreted at the corner of the eye …OE now Eng. dial.
– SPOTTERS one’s eyes …1940s US Black sl.
– SQUINTERS the eyes …c1760 sl.
– SUIT OF MOURNING two black eyes …Bk1904 sl.
– TOOMING an aching or dizziness of the eyes …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TWINK a winking of the eye; the time taken by this; a twinkling; the shortest possible space of time; a moment …a1400
– WINK-A-PEEPS † the eyes …1615
– WINKERS granules in the corners of the eyes …1950 Amer. dial.
– YAK the eye …1907 Sc., orig. gypsy
– YILL-CUP EYE a large or ‘saucer’ eye …1789 Sc.
eye – person
– BANJO EYES a person who has large, wide-open eyes …1928 US sl.
– BLINKER a blear-eyed person; a person blind of one eye; a near-sighted person …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLINTER a person with weak eyes …19C Sc.
– BLINTERER a person with weak eyes …Bk1911 Sc.
– CHINA-EYE a blue-eyed girl …1930 Amer. dial.
– EYE-WRIGHT †* a person who cures eyes …1656
– GANDER a person with one eye, or who squints …1892 Eng. dial.
– HAPPY HOOLIGAN a person who eyes stick out …1968 Amer. dial.
– IRISH-BEAUTY a woman with two black eyes …Bk1896 sl.
– MONOCULAR †* a one-eyed person …1885
– MONOCULE † a one-eyed person …1832
– MONOCULIST †* a one-eyed person …1622
– MONOCULUS † a one-eyed person …1597
– MONOPS * a person who has only one eye …1743
– OCULARIST a maker of artificial eyes …1866
– OCULIST 1. a physician or surgeon who treats diseases and affections of the eye …1615
2. †* one who has good eyes, or uses them well; a sharp-sighted or observant person …1660
– ONE AND A PEPPERMINT DROP a person with only one eye …L19 sl.
– ONE EYE AND A WINKLE a blind person, or a person with one eye …1950s sl.
– OPHTHALMIATER * an ophthalmic surgeon; an oculist …1761
– OPHTHALMIST * one versed in the structure and functions of the eye; an ophthalmologist …1696
– OPTIC † one skilled in optics; an optician …1636
– OPTIST †* an optician …1639
– SAUCER-EYES a person with large eyes …1869 Eng. dial.
– SINGLE PEEPER a one-eyed person …L18 sl.
– SPARKLER † one whose eyes sparkle …Bk1895
eye – verbs
– BAB to shut one’s eyes …1806 Sc.
– BAP to open and close the eyes quickly …1970 Amer. dial.
– BAT to wink; to shut the eyes …1845 Amer. dial.
– BLARE to open the eyes widely; to stare wildly …1930 Amer. dial.
– BUG OUT of the eyes: to bulge, esp. in astonishment …1877 Amer. dial.
– BUG OUT LIKE SHOW BUTTONS of the eyes: to bulge, esp. in astonishment …1950 Amer. dial.
– BUILD A SHANTY to bruise the area around the eye by hitting a person …1859 Amer. dial.
– COP A MOUSE to get a black eye …L19 sl.
– DASWEN † of the eyes: to be or become dim …1382
– FALL TOGETHER † of the eyes: to close …a1300
– BAIT † of the eyes: to feast …c1374
– GATHER STRAWS of the eyes: to be sleepy
– GOO-GOO to make eyes at someone …1900s US sl.
– HAVE DANCED AT AN IRISH WEDDING to have got two black eyes …Bk1896 sl.
– MILL ONE’S GLAZE to knock out one’s eye …L18 sl.
– MOUSE to give a black eye …1920s sl.
– OCULATE †* to set eyes upon; to eye, to see, to behold …1609
– PAINT SOMEONE’S EYE FOR THEM to give someone a black eye …L19 sl.
– POACH to blacken the eyes …c1890 boxing sl.
– QUEER SOMEONE’S OGLES to get or give a black eye …L18 sl.
– RAKE * to rub the rheum from the eyes …1708 Sc.
– ROIL † of the eyes: to roll …LME
– SCRINGE to close your eyes part way, as when looking at the sun, etc. …1968 Amer. dial.
– SCROOCH to narrow the eyes, to squint …1965 Amer. dial.
– SKEW † to turn the eyes sidewards …1577
– SNILCH † to eye or see someone or something; to look at anything attentively; to watch closely …1676 cant
– TO-HEAVE † to ‘lift up’ one’s eyes, to open …1398
– UNBUTTON THE EYES to open the eyes wide, to strain them …1901 Eng. dial.
– VAIL to lower or cast down the eyes; to bend or bow down the head; to hang the tail …1586 now arch.
– WAIL †* of the eyes: to weep …1593
– WALL to roll the eyes so as to show the white …c1480
– WAPPER † to blink the eyes; also, to move tremulously …1575
– WAUL to roll the eyes so as to show the white …1952 Amer. dial.
EYEBROW – adjectives
– BEETLE-BROWED having prominent eyebrows …1362
– MAN-BROWED having hair growing between the eyebrows …1825 Sc.
– MEER-BROWED having eyebrows that meet together …Bk1905 Sc.
– PALPEBROUS * having large eyebrows …1846
eyebrow – nouns
– BENT BROW † an arched eyebrow …c1380
– BREE the brow; the eyebrow …Bk1911 Sc.
– EYE-BREE † an eyebrow …1543 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– KEMP † a coarse or stout hair, as those of the eyebrows …c1386
– MONOBROW two eyebrows joined by hair growth above the nose …1990 Aust. sl.
– OGLE RIDERS the eyebrows or eyelashes …2002 UK sl.
– WINBROW † an eyebrow …1471
eyebrow – person
– MONO-BROW a person having eyebrows that meet above the nose, giving the appearance of a single eyebrow …2000
eyebrow – verbs
– ADVERTISE to pluck and paint one’s eyebrows …1970s homosexual sl.
– SCOUK to contract the brows; to draw the brows together in a frown …1804 Sc.
EYEGLASSES – adjectives (includes sunglasses)
– BARNACLED wearing spectacles …1878 colloq.
– BESPECTACLED having spectacles on …1742
– SPECKY (derogatory) wearing glasses …1956 sl., chiefly Sc.
eyeglasses – nouns
– BAD LAMPS sunglasses …1971 US sl.
– BARNACLES spectacles …1571 colloq.
– BINS glasses …1981 sl.
– BLINKERS eyeglasses, spectacles …M19 sl.
– BOOLS the rims of spectacles …Bk1911 Sc.
– CHEATS spectacles …20C Amer. sl.
– CHEATERS 1. glasses …1908 US sl., orig. gamblers’
2. sunglasses …1938 US sl.
– COGS sunglasses …1940s US Black sl.
– DARK CHEATERS sunglasses …1949 US sl.
– DARKERS sunglasses …1950s W. Indies Rasta usage
– DARKS dark glasses …1985 Bermuda sl.
– DIMMERS FOR THE GLIMMERS coloured glasses …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– EYE † a pair of spectacles …1568
– EYE CRUTCHES eyeglasses …1966 Amer. dial.
– EYES eyeglasses …1965 Amer. dial.
– EYE-SEERS eyeglasses …1966 Amer. dial.
– FACE FURNITURE glasses …Brit. sl.
– GIG-LAMPS spectacles …1853 sl.
– GLARE GLASSES sunglasses …1979 India sl.
– GLARES sunglasses …1979 India sl.
– GLIM an eye; a pair of spectacles …1889 Amer. dial.
– GOGGLES glasses …1871 sl.
– GOOGONS spectacles …1920s US criminals’ sl.
– GOOGS spectacles …1945 US sl.
– HACKNEY MARSHES spectacles, glasses …20C rhyming sl.
– HEADLIGHTS eyeglasses …1942 Amer. sl.
– HOLLYWOODS dark glasses …1966 US sl.
– HOODS dark glasses …1970s US homosexual sl.
– IRISH LASSES glasses …20C rhyming sl.
– JACK OF SPADES sunglasses …1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘shades’
– JAM-JARS thick-lensed spectacles …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– LAMP * a monocle …1936 US sl.
– LAMPS spectacles …1907 US sl.
– LANCASHIRE LASSES glasses, spectacles …20C Brit. rhyming sl.
– LOCS sunglasses …1997 US sl.
– LOKES sunglasses …1997 US sl.
– LOOKERS eyeglasses …c1935 Amer. dial.
– MAFIAS dark sunglasses …2000s US prison sl.
– MCATAH mirrored dark glasses …1980s W. Indies sl.
– MOUNTAIN PASSES spectacles, glasses …1960 UK rhyming sl.
– NOSE †* the bridge of a pair of spectacles …1895
– NOSE-COMPASSES † eyeglasses …1654
– NOSE NIPPERS a pair of spectacles kept in position by a spring which clips the nose, rather than by earpieces; a pince-nez …1895
– NOSE PINCH † a pair of spectacles kept in position by a spring which clips the nose, rather than by earpieces; a pince-nez …1896
– OGLE-FAKES spectacles …1980s sl.
– OGLE FILTERS sunglasses …2002 UK sl.
– OGLE SHADES glasses; sunglasses …2002 UK sl.
– PEEPERS spectacles …19C sl.
– QUIZ a monocle …M19 sl.
– QUIZZER * a single eye-glass; a monocle …1806
– QUIZZING-GLASS a single eye-glass; a monocle …1802
– READERS reading glasses …c1925 colloq.
– SEERS eyeglasses …1966 Amer. dial.
– SHADES dark glasses, sunglasses …1940s sl.
– SIGHT-GLASSES † spectacles …1605
– SIGHTS † spectacles …1619 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SPECKS glasses …1807 sl.
– SPEC a pair of eyeglasses …1982 Bahamas
– SPECS glasses …1807 sl.
– SUNNIES sunglasses …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– TICKLES spectacles …Bk1905 Sc.
– TINTS fashionable dark glasses …1950s US Black sl.
– TOP EYES eyeglasses …1970 Amer. dial.
– WINDOW-PANE a monocle …1923 sl.
– WORKING CLASSES spectacles …Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘glasses’
– WRAPS dark glasses …2000s UK Black sl.
eyeglasses – person
– FOUR-EYES a person wearing eyeglasses …1873 sl.
– GEGGY one who wears spectacles …2000 sl.
– GIG one who wears spectacles …1899 sl.
– GIGGER one who wears spectacles …1928 sl.
– GIG-LAMPS one who wears spectacles …1899 sl.
– GLASSEYE a person who wears glasses …1927 US sl.
– GLASS EYES a person who wears glasses …c1786 sl.
– GLAZE-ONS a nickname for one who wears spectacles …1969 US sl.
– GLIM WORKER one who sells plain glass eyeglasses …Bk1975 Amer. carnival & circus sl.
– GLIM-HUSTLER one who sells cheap eyeglasses …Bk1992 sl.
eyeglasses – verbs
– SADDLE ONE’S NOSE to wear spectacles …L18 sl.
EYELASH – nouns
– BLIERS the eyelashes …Bk1911 Sc.
– BREEARS the eyelashes …Bk1911 Sc.
– BUTTERFLY KISS an act of affectionately fluttering one’s eyelashes against a person’s skin …1883
– EYE-BREE † an eyelash …1577
– EYELASHER an eyelash …1917 Amer. dial.
– EYE-WINK an eyelash …1967Amer. dial.
– EYEWINKER an eyelash; also, an eye or eyelid; usually in plural …1808 orig. Sc.
– FALSIES anything fake added to the body, as false eyelashes …1940s sl.
– OGLE FAKE RIAH a false eyelash …1992 UK sl.
– OGLE-FAKES false eyelashes …1980s sl.
– OGLE RIAH FAKE a false eyelash …1992 UK sl.
– OGLE RIAHS eyelashes …2002 UK sl.
– OGLE RIDERS the eyebrows or eyelashes …2002 UK sl.
– QUARM the edges of the eyelid on which the eyelashes grow …1899 Sc.
– WINKER an eyelash …1845 Amer. dial.
EYELID – adjectives
– PALPEBRATE * having eyelids …1857
eyelid – nouns
– BLINKERS eyelids …Bk1911 Sc.
– CALLIBLEPHARY †* a dye for the eyelids …1661
– EEKIE PEEKER an eyelid …1899 Sc.
– EYE-BREE † an eyelid …a1350 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– EYE-PEEPER † an eyelid …1786 sl.
– EYEWINKER an eyelash; also, an eye or eyelid; usually in plural …1808 orig. Sc.
– PALPEBRE †* an eyelid …1541
– QUAILAWAY a stye or small pustule on the eyelid …1866 Eng. dial.
– QUARM the edges of the eyelid on which the eyelashes grow …1899 Sc.
– SHUTTER the eyelid …1945 US sl.
– SLEEPY-SEEDS the mucus secretion that forms about the eyelids during sleep …L19 nursery sl.
– YELED † an eyelid …a1400
eyelid – verbs
– BEAT † to strike together the eyelids or the teeth …c1360
– SEW THE EYES WITH RED THREAD to have red eyelids from weeping …1888 Ireland
EYESIGHT – see SIGHT
EYESORE – nouns
– EYE-SORROW † something unpleasant to look at; an eyesore …1837
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