eyestring

noun

Etymology

From eye + string.

  1. derived from *strengʰ- — “rope, cord, strand; to tighten
  2. inherited from *strangiz — “string
  3. inherited from *strangi
  4. inherited from strenġ
  5. inherited from string
  6. compounded as eyestring — “eye + string

Definitions

  1. One of the fibres of the eye, such as a tendon, nerve or muscle.

    • Or euer sleepe his eye-strings did vntye
    • I would have broke mine eyestrings, cracked them, but / To look upon him,

The neighborhood

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