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eyelash

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eye·lash  (lsh)
n.
1. Any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid.
2. A row of the hairs fringing the eyelid.
eyelash
Noun
any of the short hairs that grow from the edge of the eyelids
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.eyelasheyelash - any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
lash, cilium
hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"
eyelid, lid, palpebra - either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer"
Translations
Spanish eyelash [ˈaɪlæʃ] n → pestaña
French eyelash [ˈaɪlæʃ] eye n → cil m
German eyelash [ˈaɪlæʃ] eye n → Augenwimper f
Italian eyelash [ˈaɪlæʃ] n → ciglio
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"My Huldy could 'a' done it, and not winked an eyelash," observed Mrs.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
They woke, they kindled: first, they glowed in the bright tint of her cheek, which till this hour I had never seen but pale and bloodless; then they shone in the liquid lustre of her eyes, which had suddenly acquired a beauty more singular than that of Miss Temple's--a beauty neither of fine colour nor long eyelash, nor pencilled brow, but of meaning, of movement, of radiance.
Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
Heavy and slow is he by nature, and is not to be brought into battle for the sake of a lady's eyelash or the twang of a minstrel's string, like the hotter blood of the south.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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