eyelashn.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪlaʃ/, U.S.

/ˈaɪˌlæʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eye n.¹, lash n.¹

Etymology: < eye n.¹ + lash n.¹

1. The line of hairs fringing each edge of an eyelid, serving to help keep the eye free of dust or other extraneous matter; an artificial imitation of this. Usually in plural.Some instances of the plural may belong at sense 2.

ΚΠ

1675 E. Pearse State of Northampton from Beginning of Fire 14 Dirty Faces, scalded Eyes, and their Eye-lashes hung with Mortar made of Tears and Dust blown into them.

1682 Tryal Nathaniel Thompson, John Farewell, William Pain 13 Were not his Eye-lashes closed?

1710 tr. P. Dionis Course Chirurg. Operations vi. 297 In this Disease the Eye-lashes fall into the Eye.

1742 Proc. Old Bailey 28 Apr. 89/2 Jury to the Surgeon. Did the Wound in the Eye disfigure the Negro's Face? Cole. It went quite through the Eye-Lash.

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 535 Even the eyelashes [of the Simia] are like ours.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby iv. v. 159 The eye-lash dark and down-cast eye.

1896 Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Herald 14 Nov. 2/3 In a fashionable hairdressing parlor..one reads the sign: ‘Eyelashes made to order.’

1909 Cruiser 4 105 The bos'n, with a huge tear on each eyelash and his face fairly distorted with feeling, was reciting it to himself.

1921 Cosmopolitan July 95/2 Madge Smith..lifted stubby eyelashes at his approach.

2013 D. Kraus Scowler 163 Her eyelash brushed his cheek and Ry became aware that she was looking outside.

2. Each of the hairs forming one of these.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > eyelash > [noun]

breec1450

eye-bree1577

winker1734

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eyewinker1808

cilia1838

1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway i. iii. 74 One of these particles fell off; it was as subtile as an eye-lash, and about as long.

1847 T. W. Jones Man. Princ. & Pract. Ophthalmic Med. & Surg. i. 8 By this means it will generally be at once seen if any of the eyelashes are growing in against the eyeball.

1902 A. P. Gould & J. C. Warren Internat. Text-bk. Surg. (ed. 2) II. xxvii. 864 The affection may go on until nearly all the eye-lashes are lost and the lids left bald.

1988 G. Patterson Burning your Own (1993) 119 It felt for a moment like there was an eyelash in his right eye and he was that busy rubbing it he didn't get to look at the wall.

2010 S. Koslow With Friends like These (2011) xxxiv. 238 He bent forward to remove an eyelash from my eye.

3. A very small distance or amount. Esp. in by an eyelash. Cf. whisker n.¹ 5b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a very small amount

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farthingsworthc1325

pennyworthc1330

incha1350

sliverc1374

chipa1393

gnastc1440

Jack1530

spoonful1531

crumba1535

spark1548

slight1549

pin's worth1562

scruple1574

thought1581

pinch1583

scrap1583

splinter1609

ticket1634

notchet1637

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tinyc1650

twopence1691

turn of the scale(s)1706

enough to swear by1756

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whisker1913

tidge1986

1860 Baily's Mag. May 158 You'd have won hard held if your friend hadn't been born. As it is, I must give it him by an eyelash.

1894 Washington Post 23 June 6/3 Then came Hasamear, who was just an eyelash behind Cartwright with a home run.

1905 N.Y. Times 4 Mar. 2/4 Policemen dashed up to head him off, but the photographer was an expert and beat the policemen by an eyelash.

1966 R. E. Shaw Erie Water West xv. 291 Rival states with rival Atlantic ports came within an eyelash of wresting from New York the Western trade first garnered by the Erie Canal.

2012 Victorville (Calif.) Daily Press 27 July b2/3 The sprinters were clocked at an identical 13.7 seconds... But a photo finish showed Dillard first by an eyelash.

Phrases

to flutter one's eyelashes: (frequently of a woman) to open and close one's eyes rapidly (at a person) in a coyly flirtatious manner; (hence) to behave flirtatiously, esp. in order to get something one wants. Cf. bat v.² 2.

ΚΠ

1857 E. M. Whitty Friends of Bohemia II. xvi. 211 You could not but believe her when she fluttered her eyelashes at you, and squeezed your hand.

1914 Life 2 Apr. 584/2 She fluttered her eyelashes and leaned over to brush a straying caterpillar from his forehead.

1990 C. McCullough First Man in Rome (1991) 600 If you go on fluttering your eyelashes at the likes of Gaius Julius..you'll find yourself in boiling water up to the neck.

2003 Mizz 13 Aug. 38/2 Ever flutter your eyelashes to get what you want?

Compounds

General attributive and objective.

ΚΠ

1874 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 54 460 The tendency to inflammation of the eyelash follicles and Meibomian glands..often runs in families.

1902 Strand Mag. Dec. p. ciii/1 (advt.) Pomeroy eyelash cream.

1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 494/2 Eyelash brushes.

1938 Eve's Jrnl. Jan. Make-up... Eyebrow pencil, eyelash brushes, eyelash comb.

1960 Harper's Bazaar July 67/1 Eyelash curlers in simulated gold.

1990 Opera Now May 16/4 Staging so precious that eyelash batting is actually built into the choreography.

2007 Sophisticate's Black Hair Styles & Care Guide Mar. 26/2 I did a gold shimmer on Mya's lids but I didn't use any eyelash extensions.

Derivatives

ˈeyelashed adj. having eyelashes, esp. (with modifying word) of a specified kind; (in extended use) fringed, bordered.

ΚΠ

1761 J. Hill Veg. Syst. II. ii. 16 Ciliatum, Eyelashed, where the Leaf is surrounded by a Margin of parallel Hairs, like the Eyelash, as in ciliated Rhododendrum.

1787 T. Taylor tr. Mystical Initiations lvi. 189 Celestial Venus Paphian queen, Dark eye-lash'd Goddess of a lovely mien.

1854 S. T. Dobell Balder i. 5 Little window in the wall, Eye-lashed with balmy sprays of honeysuckle.

1910 M. Watts Nathan Burke i. viii. 109 This..establishment..was kept by a little, meek, white-eyelashed widow called Slaney.

1971 K. Tynan Let. 5 Aug. (1994) vii. 499 [He] is no bulletheaded thug but a long-lipped, long-eyelashed charmer of distinctly feminine looks.

2009 Observer (Nexis) 22 Feb. 32 The animals are poking their trunks through the open windows, their wrinkled faces and eyelashed brown eyes just yards away.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	eyelash
释义	eyelashn. Brit. /ˈʌɪlaʃ/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌlæʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eye n.¹, lash n.¹ Etymology: < eye n.¹ + lash n.¹ 1. The line of hairs fringing each edge of an eyelid, serving to help keep the eye free of dust or other extraneous matter; an artificial imitation of this. Usually in plural.Some instances of the plural may belong at sense 2. ΚΠ 1675 E. Pearse State of Northampton from Beginning of Fire 14 Dirty Faces, scalded Eyes, and their Eye-lashes hung with Mortar made of Tears and Dust blown into them. 1682 Tryal Nathaniel Thompson, John Farewell, William Pain 13 Were not his Eye-lashes closed? 1710 tr. P. Dionis Course Chirurg. Operations vi. 297 In this Disease the Eye-lashes fall into the Eye. 1742 Proc. Old Bailey 28 Apr. 89/2 Jury to the Surgeon. Did the Wound in the Eye disfigure the Negro's Face? Cole. It went quite through the Eye-Lash. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 535 Even the eyelashes [of the Simia] are like ours. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby iv. v. 159 The eye-lash dark and down-cast eye. 1896 Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Herald 14 Nov. 2/3 In a fashionable hairdressing parlor..one reads the sign: ‘Eyelashes made to order.’ 1909 Cruiser 4 105 The bos'n, with a huge tear on each eyelash and his face fairly distorted with feeling, was reciting it to himself. 1921 Cosmopolitan July 95/2 Madge Smith..lifted stubby eyelashes at his approach. 2013 D. Kraus Scowler 163 Her eyelash brushed his cheek and Ry became aware that she was looking outside. 2. Each of the hairs forming one of these. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > eyelash > [noun] breec1450 eye-bree1577 winker1734 eyelash1755 lash1796 eyewinker1808 cilia1838 1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway i. iii. 74 One of these particles fell off; it was as subtile as an eye-lash, and about as long. 1847 T. W. Jones Man. Princ. & Pract. Ophthalmic Med. & Surg. i. 8 By this means it will generally be at once seen if any of the eyelashes are growing in against the eyeball. 1902 A. P. Gould & J. C. Warren Internat. Text-bk. Surg. (ed. 2) II. xxvii. 864 The affection may go on until nearly all the eye-lashes are lost and the lids left bald. 1988 G. Patterson Burning your Own (1993) 119 It felt for a moment like there was an eyelash in his right eye and he was that busy rubbing it he didn't get to look at the wall. 2010 S. Koslow With Friends like These (2011) xxxiv. 238 He bent forward to remove an eyelash from my eye. 3. A very small distance or amount. Esp. in by an eyelash. Cf. whisker n.¹ 5b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a very small amount shredc1000 farthingsworthc1325 pennyworthc1330 incha1350 sliverc1374 chipa1393 gnastc1440 Jack1530 spoonful1531 crumba1535 spark1548 slight1549 pin's worth1562 scruple1574 thought1581 pinch1583 scrap1583 splinter1609 ticket1634 notchet1637 indivisible1644 tinyc1650 twopence1691 turn of the scale(s)1706 enough to swear by1756 touch1786 scrimptiona1825 infinitesimal1840 smidgen1841 snuff1842 fluxion1846 smitchel1856 eyelash1860 smidge1866 tenpenceworth1896 whisker1913 tidge1986 1860 Baily's Mag. May 158 You'd have won hard held if your friend hadn't been born. As it is, I must give it him by an eyelash. 1894 Washington Post 23 June 6/3 Then came Hasamear, who was just an eyelash behind Cartwright with a home run. 1905 N.Y. Times 4 Mar. 2/4 Policemen dashed up to head him off, but the photographer was an expert and beat the policemen by an eyelash. 1966 R. E. Shaw Erie Water West xv. 291 Rival states with rival Atlantic ports came within an eyelash of wresting from New York the Western trade first garnered by the Erie Canal. 2012 Victorville (Calif.) Daily Press 27 July b2/3 The sprinters were clocked at an identical 13.7 seconds... But a photo finish showed Dillard first by an eyelash. Phrases to flutter one's eyelashes: (frequently of a woman) to open and close one's eyes rapidly (at a person) in a coyly flirtatious manner; (hence) to behave flirtatiously, esp. in order to get something one wants. Cf. bat v.² 2. ΚΠ 1857 E. M. Whitty Friends of Bohemia II. xvi. 211 You could not but believe her when she fluttered her eyelashes at you, and squeezed your hand. 1914 Life 2 Apr. 584/2 She fluttered her eyelashes and leaned over to brush a straying caterpillar from his forehead. 1990 C. McCullough First Man in Rome (1991) 600 If you go on fluttering your eyelashes at the likes of Gaius Julius..you'll find yourself in boiling water up to the neck. 2003 Mizz 13 Aug. 38/2 Ever flutter your eyelashes to get what you want? Compounds General attributive and objective. ΚΠ 1874 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 54 460 The tendency to inflammation of the eyelash follicles and Meibomian glands..often runs in families. 1902 Strand Mag. Dec. p. ciii/1 (advt.) Pomeroy eyelash cream. 1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 494/2 Eyelash brushes. 1938 Eve's Jrnl. Jan. Make-up... Eyebrow pencil, eyelash brushes, eyelash comb. 1960 Harper's Bazaar July 67/1 Eyelash curlers in simulated gold. 1990 Opera Now May 16/4 Staging so precious that eyelash batting is actually built into the choreography. 2007 Sophisticate's Black Hair Styles & Care Guide Mar. 26/2 I did a gold shimmer on Mya's lids but I didn't use any eyelash extensions. Derivatives ˈeyelashed adj. having eyelashes, esp. (with modifying word) of a specified kind; (in extended use) fringed, bordered. ΚΠ 1761 J. Hill Veg. Syst. II. ii. 16 Ciliatum, Eyelashed, where the Leaf is surrounded by a Margin of parallel Hairs, like the Eyelash, as in ciliated Rhododendrum. 1787 T. Taylor tr. Mystical Initiations lvi. 189 Celestial Venus Paphian queen, Dark eye-lash'd Goddess of a lovely mien. 1854 S. T. Dobell Balder i. 5 Little window in the wall, Eye-lashed with balmy sprays of honeysuckle. 1910 M. Watts Nathan Burke i. viii. 109 This..establishment..was kept by a little, meek, white-eyelashed widow called Slaney. 1971 K. Tynan Let. 5 Aug. (1994) vii. 499 [He] is no bulletheaded thug but a long-lipped, long-eyelashed charmer of distinctly feminine looks. 2009 Observer (Nexis) 22 Feb. 32 The animals are poking their trunks through the open windows, their wrinkled faces and eyelashed brown eyes just yards away. 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