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eye-lash|ˈaɪlæʃ|
[f. eye n.1 + lash.]
a. The row or line of hairs fringing the edge of the eye-lid.
b. A single hair from the same.
1752Sir J. Hill Hist. Anim. 535 Even the eyelashes [of the Simia] are like ours. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. II. 68 Their..eye-lashes are of the same hue. 1813Scott Rokeby iv. v, The eye-lash dark, and downcast eye. 1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 306/2 Few birds..possess eye-lashes. 1860Tyndall Glac. ii. i. 235 Looking through their fingers or their eyelashes. 1883Harper's Mag. Sept. 646/2 She fought him [Sleep] to the last eye-lash.
c. attrib. and Comb.
1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 538/3 Eyelash Cream—box 1/5. 1926–7Army & Navy Stores Catal. 494/2 Eyelash brushes. 1938Eve's Jrnl. Jan., Make-up... Eyebrow pencil, eyelash brushes, eyelash comb. 1960Harper's Bazaar July 67/1 Eyelash curlers in simulated gold.
Hence eye-lashed ppl. a., provided with eye-lashes; in quot. transf.
1854S. Dobell Balder i. 5 Little window in the wall, Eye-lashed with balmy sprays of honeysuckle. |