EYELID
ADJECTIVES
► PALPEBRATE having eyelids → 1857
NOUNS
► BLINKERS eyelids → Bk1911 Sc.
► CALLIBLEPHARY a dye for the eyelids → 1661 obs.
► EEKIE PEEKER an eyelid → 1899 Sc.
► EYE-BREE an eyelid → a1350 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► EYE-PEEPER an eyelid → 1786 sl. obs.
► EYEWINKER an eyelash; also, an eye or eyelid; usually in plural → 1808 orig. Sc.
► PALPEBRE an eyelid → 1541 obs.
► 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 obs.
VERBS
► BEAT to strike together the eyelids or the teeth → c1360 obs.
► SEW THE EYES WITH RED THREAD to have red eyelids from weeping → 1888 Ireland
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