eyelidn.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪlɪd/, U.S.

/ˈaɪˌlɪd/

Forms: see eye n.¹ and lid n.

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

Etymology: < eye n.¹ + lid n. Compare Middle Dutch oghelet , ogelit (Dutch ooglid ), Old Saxon ōghlid (Middle Low German ōchlit , ōgelit , ōgenlit ), Old High German (in a late source) ouglid (Middle High German ougelit , German Augenlid ). Compare earlier eye-bree n.

1. Each of the protective lids or covers of the eye, distinguished as upper and lower; each of the movable folds of skin with which many animals cover or uncover the eye or blink. Often: spec. each of the upper lids only.Many vertebrates also have a ‘third eyelid’ or nictitating membrane within the outer eyelids.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > eyelid

breec890

eye-breeOE

eyelida1200

browc1200

lid (of the eye)c1220

palpebre?a1425

window1593

brow-lid1594

fin1604

under-lid1611

palpebra1634

cilia1715

eye-peeper1786

Madonna lid1863

eyewinker1923

OE Rubrics & Direct. for Use of Forms of Service (Laud) in M. Förster & K. Wildhagen Texte u. Forschungen zur englischen Kulturgeschichte (1921) 59 To eagena hlidum.]

a1200 Glosses to Ælfric's Gram. & Gloss. (Faust. A.x) (2003) 298 Bræwas : eȝælid.

c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Royal) (1938) 36 Ha beoð as lihte & as swifte as þe sunne glem þet scheot from est into west ase þin ehelid [a1250 Titus ehlid] openeð & tuneð.

a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Cambr.) (1929) 54 Si le pauper [glossed] the eielide seit bon e bel.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. viii. 187 A beest faylynge yȝeliddes is febil of siȝt.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19788 Wit þis sco lifted hir eien lidd.

c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 600/2 Palpebra, an yeled.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 74 His ee ledis asken reson of men.

1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. aij^v Put it [sc. a needle] thorow the ouer igh lid and so of that other.

a1539 in Archaeologia (1882) 47 53 That ther vayle come as lowe as ther yye ledes.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (2nd issue) iii. i. 7 Ô sleepe! ô gentle sleep!..how haue I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-liddes downe.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §870 Those that are Pore-blinde..doe much gather the Eye-lids together.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. ix. 63 How frequently do we..cover our Eyes with our Eye-lids, without perceiving that we are at all in the dark?

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 535 The eyes [of the Simia]..have an upper and under eye-lid, exactly as in our own species.

1791 J. Woodforde Diary 10 Mar. (1927) III. 253 My right Eye-lid very much swelled and inflamed having a Stiony on it.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles vi. xv. 241 The eye-lid scarce had time to wink.

1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect Introd. ii. 50 Touching the edge or inner surface of the upper eye-lid.

1886 W. D. Howells Indian Summer (1990) xv. 166 The eyelids which she had always a little difficulty in lifting were heavy with suffering.

1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) xiv. 339 Each eye is protected by an upper and a lower eyelid, fringed with scanty eyelashes; and by a third eyelid, or nictitating membrane, a hairless fold of opaque white skin.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1332 In many reptiles, in almost all birds, and in most mammals, the third eyelid..is well developed, and is used to cover and clean the surface of the eye.

1982 M. Z. Bradley Mists of Avalon iv. iv. 683 Her skin was still smooth and unmarred, but there were tiny creases around her eyes and the eyelids drooped a little.

2010 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) Feb. 87/3 Gently and ever-so lightly kiss him on the outside eye corners, slowly moving to his eyelids.

2. figurative and in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering

wrielsc825

coverc1320

hillingc1325

eyelida1382

covering1382

casea1398

coverta1400

tegumentc1440

hacklea1450

coverturec1450

housingc1450

deck1466

heeler1495

housera1522

coverlet1551

shrouda1561

kever1570

vele1580

periwig1589

hap1593

opercle1598

integument?1611

blanketa1616

cask1646

operiment1650

coverlid1654

tegment1656

shell?1677

muff1687

operculum1738

tegmen1807

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xli. 9 His eȝen as eȝelidis of the morutid.

1591 H. Broughton Treat. Melchisedek sig. A4 The Greeke learned Hebrewes.., that neuer saw the eyelidde of the mornyng.

1616 W. Jackson Celestiall Husbandrie Ep. Ded. sig. ¶3 Which would sooner bee effected, if you..should open the eye-lids of Ecclesiasticall discipline, that the filthinesse of sinne may appeare to the heart of the Law.

1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 21 in Justa Edouardo King Under the glimmering eye-lids of the morn We drove a-field.

a1686 T. Watson Body Pract. Divinity (1692) 73 The Church is the Apple of God's Eye, and the Eye-lid of his Providence doth daily cover and defend it.

1791 M. Falconar & H. Falconar Poetic Laurels 31 Romantic light, That..Peeps thro' the op'ning eye-lid of the night.

1863 B. Taylor Poet's Jrnl. 109 And sweeter eyelids has the Day.

1910 H. E. Harman Gates of Twilight 49 Behold, a spear of gold upon the gray Of yonder sky! first messenger of light, Touching the sleepy eye-lids of the night.

1986 Iowa Rev. 16 145 Caught on the eyelid of the pond one moment, the moon winks and goes.

2004 S. D. Shanghvi Last Song of Dusk 292 Poor, poor Vardhmaan, she thought under the eyelid of the moment, how many children will you have to give away in one lifetime?

Phrases

P1. to hang by the eyelids and variants: (a) intransitive to have a very slight hold (literal and figurative); to be in or maintain a precarious position (also to hang on (also hold on) by the eyelids); (also) to be in a state of agonizing suspense; †(b) transitive to keep (something) in suspense (obsolete). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > keep in suspense [verb (transitive)]

to hold (also keep) (a person) in handa1400

to keep (or hold) in (great or a great) suspense1557

to hold (one) with his bill in the water1579

to hang by the eyelids1587

suspend1605

equipoise1887

to keep (a person) on the edge of his (also her) seat1897

the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > be in difficulties or straits > be in a difficult or dangerous situation

to have or hold a wolf by the ears1560

to hang by the eyelids1778

1587 R. Greene Euphues sig. B3^v Fancie hangeth at their eylids which neuer maketh so deepe an impression, but it may bee shaken of at euery wincke.

1618 J. Rogers Glory & Happines of True Christian sig. B4^v Now for the second sort of Christians which need to be awaked..they hang as it were by the eye lids.

1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 354 I would fain have things at an end, and not hang them by the eyelids thus.

1778 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 177 General Lee's affair hangs by the eyelids.

1823 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 30 Aug. I..shall tamper with him a while, to keep him hanging as it were by the eyelids, until I see whether some one may not offer who will please my fancy better.

1838 M. H. Barker in Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 22 Dec. 377/2 One of my men allegorically observed, that the house reminded him ‘of a poor fellow on the main-yard holding on by his eyelids’.

1847 W. Turner Triumphs ‘Young Physic’ 6 The remedies were administered with extreme caution, and she hung by the eyelids for a week.

1877 J. T. Fields Underbrush (1881) 11 A magic quarto..with one of the covers hanging by the eyelids.

1925 Steubenville (Ohio) Herald-Star 18 Dec. 6/1 A normal Europe can hardly be expected while France is hanging by the eyelids.

1952 Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) 26 Sept. 16/6 He is promoted conditionally... He manages to hang on by the eyelids until the last year.

1978 W. Gibson Golda i. 37 We held on by our eyelids today..they took Nafekh, we took it back.

P2. to bat an eyelid: see bat v.² 2.

Compounds

General attributive and objective.

ΚΠ

1653 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) Table, sig. *****1 Eye-lid fashions, affected as notes of Gallantry and Beauty by divers Nations.

1764 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 2) 57 The reef-band is a long piece of canvass sewed across the sail, for strengthening it in the place where the reef-holes or eye-lid holes are made.

1858 Med. Times & Gaz. 16 Oct. 398/1 Eyelid surgery is much neglected.

1875 Sci. Amer. 13 Mar. 160/1 The finest pair of forceps is employed to pull the eyelid skin into place.

1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 54 Eyelid-closing indolence, varied by sudden peaks of wide-staring alertness.

1908 F. S. Kolle Subcutaneous Hydrocarbon Protheses 127 The use of hard paraffine plays havoc with eyelid tissue.

1921 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 57 278 The above symptoms..increased, eyelid movements became abnormal and standing position unsteady.

2000 A. Jenkins Honeymoon v. 72 Cherelle knows everything from where to get the best real-estate deals to where to get the best eyelid tucks.

Derivatives

ˈeyelid-like adj.

ΚΠ

1827 R. T. Gore tr. C. G. Carus Introd. Compar. Anat. Animals II. 20 The great pectoral Stigma, capable of being closed by an eyelid-like valve [Ger. durch eine augenliedförmige Klappe verschließbare Bruststigma].

1907 J. Bland-Sutton Gall-stones & Dis. Bile-ducts i. 8 This papilla..is sheltered by an eyelid-like valvula of mucous membrane.

2010 W. C. Dietz StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils ii. 15 The dome's top floor was protected by a semi-transparent eyelid-like membrane.

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

单词	eyelid
释义	eyelidn. Brit. /ˈʌɪlɪd/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌlɪd/ Forms: see eye n.¹ and lid n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eye n.¹, lid n. Etymology: < eye n.¹ + lid n. Compare Middle Dutch oghelet , ogelit (Dutch ooglid ), Old Saxon ōghlid (Middle Low German ōchlit , ōgelit , ōgenlit ), Old High German (in a late source) ouglid (Middle High German ougelit , German Augenlid ). Compare earlier eye-bree n. 1. Each of the protective lids or covers of the eye, distinguished as upper and lower; each of the movable folds of skin with which many animals cover or uncover the eye or blink. Often: spec. each of the upper lids only.Many vertebrates also have a ‘third eyelid’ or nictitating membrane within the outer eyelids. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > eyelid breec890 eye-breeOE eyelida1200 browc1200 lid (of the eye)c1220 palpebre?a1425 window1593 brow-lid1594 fin1604 under-lid1611 palpebra1634 cilia1715 eye-peeper1786 Madonna lid1863 eyewinker1923 OE Rubrics & Direct. for Use of Forms of Service (Laud) in M. Förster & K. Wildhagen Texte u. Forschungen zur englischen Kulturgeschichte (1921) 59 To eagena hlidum.] a1200 Glosses to Ælfric's Gram. & Gloss. (Faust. A.x) (2003) 298 Bræwas : eȝælid. c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Royal) (1938) 36 Ha beoð as lihte & as swifte as þe sunne glem þet scheot from est into west ase þin ehelid [a1250 Titus ehlid] openeð & tuneð. a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Cambr.) (1929) 54 Si le pauper [glossed] the eielide seit bon e bel. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. viii. 187 A beest faylynge yȝeliddes is febil of siȝt. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19788 Wit þis sco lifted hir eien lidd. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 600/2 Palpebra, an yeled. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 74 His ee ledis asken reson of men. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. aij^v Put it [sc. a needle] thorow the ouer igh lid and so of that other. a1539 in Archaeologia (1882) 47 53 That ther vayle come as lowe as ther yye ledes. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (2nd issue) iii. i. 7 Ô sleepe! ô gentle sleep!..how haue I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-liddes downe. View more context for this quotation 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §870 Those that are Pore-blinde..doe much gather the Eye-lids together. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. ix. 63 How frequently do we..cover our Eyes with our Eye-lids, without perceiving that we are at all in the dark? 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 535 The eyes [of the Simia]..have an upper and under eye-lid, exactly as in our own species. 1791 J. Woodforde Diary 10 Mar. (1927) III. 253 My right Eye-lid very much swelled and inflamed having a Stiony on it. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles vi. xv. 241 The eye-lid scarce had time to wink. 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect Introd. ii. 50 Touching the edge or inner surface of the upper eye-lid. 1886 W. D. Howells Indian Summer (1990) xv. 166 The eyelids which she had always a little difficulty in lifting were heavy with suffering. 1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) xiv. 339 Each eye is protected by an upper and a lower eyelid, fringed with scanty eyelashes; and by a third eyelid, or nictitating membrane, a hairless fold of opaque white skin. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1332 In many reptiles, in almost all birds, and in most mammals, the third eyelid..is well developed, and is used to cover and clean the surface of the eye. 1982 M. Z. Bradley Mists of Avalon iv. iv. 683 Her skin was still smooth and unmarred, but there were tiny creases around her eyes and the eyelids drooped a little. 2010 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) Feb. 87/3 Gently and ever-so lightly kiss him on the outside eye corners, slowly moving to his eyelids. 2. figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering wrielsc825 coverc1320 hillingc1325 eyelida1382 covering1382 casea1398 coverta1400 tegumentc1440 hacklea1450 coverturec1450 housingc1450 deck1466 heeler1495 housera1522 coverlet1551 shrouda1561 kever1570 vele1580 periwig1589 hap1593 opercle1598 integument?1611 blanketa1616 cask1646 operiment1650 coverlid1654 tegment1656 shell?1677 muff1687 operculum1738 tegmen1807 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xli. 9 His eȝen as eȝelidis of the morutid. 1591 H. Broughton Treat. Melchisedek sig. A4 The Greeke learned Hebrewes.., that neuer saw the eyelidde of the mornyng. 1616 W. Jackson Celestiall Husbandrie Ep. Ded. sig. ¶3 Which would sooner bee effected, if you..should open the eye-lids of Ecclesiasticall discipline, that the filthinesse of sinne may appeare to the heart of the Law. 1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 21 in Justa Edouardo King Under the glimmering eye-lids of the morn We drove a-field. a1686 T. Watson Body Pract. Divinity (1692) 73 The Church is the Apple of God's Eye, and the Eye-lid of his Providence doth daily cover and defend it. 1791 M. Falconar & H. Falconar Poetic Laurels 31 Romantic light, That..Peeps thro' the op'ning eye-lid of the night. 1863 B. Taylor Poet's Jrnl. 109 And sweeter eyelids has the Day. 1910 H. E. Harman Gates of Twilight 49 Behold, a spear of gold upon the gray Of yonder sky! first messenger of light, Touching the sleepy eye-lids of the night. 1986 Iowa Rev. 16 145 Caught on the eyelid of the pond one moment, the moon winks and goes. 2004 S. D. Shanghvi Last Song of Dusk 292 Poor, poor Vardhmaan, she thought under the eyelid of the moment, how many children will you have to give away in one lifetime? Phrases P1. to hang by the eyelids and variants: (a) intransitive to have a very slight hold (literal and figurative); to be in or maintain a precarious position (also to hang on (also hold on) by the eyelids); (also) to be in a state of agonizing suspense; †(b) transitive to keep (something) in suspense (obsolete). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > keep in suspense [verb (transitive)] to hold (also keep) (a person) in handa1400 to keep (or hold) in (great or a great) suspense1557 to hold (one) with his bill in the water1579 to hang by the eyelids1587 suspend1605 equipoise1887 to keep (a person) on the edge of his (also her) seat1897 the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > be in difficulties or straits > be in a difficult or dangerous situation to have or hold a wolf by the ears1560 to hang by the eyelids1778 1587 R. Greene Euphues sig. B3^v Fancie hangeth at their eylids which neuer maketh so deepe an impression, but it may bee shaken of at euery wincke. 1618 J. Rogers Glory & Happines of True Christian sig. B4^v Now for the second sort of Christians which need to be awaked..they hang as it were by the eye lids. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 354 I would fain have things at an end, and not hang them by the eyelids thus. 1778 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 177 General Lee's affair hangs by the eyelids. 1823 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 30 Aug. I..shall tamper with him a while, to keep him hanging as it were by the eyelids, until I see whether some one may not offer who will please my fancy better. 1838 M. H. Barker in Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 22 Dec. 377/2 One of my men allegorically observed, that the house reminded him ‘of a poor fellow on the main-yard holding on by his eyelids’. 1847 W. Turner Triumphs ‘Young Physic’ 6 The remedies were administered with extreme caution, and she hung by the eyelids for a week. 1877 J. T. Fields Underbrush (1881) 11 A magic quarto..with one of the covers hanging by the eyelids. 1925 Steubenville (Ohio) Herald-Star 18 Dec. 6/1 A normal Europe can hardly be expected while France is hanging by the eyelids. 1952 Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) 26 Sept. 16/6 He is promoted conditionally... He manages to hang on by the eyelids until the last year. 1978 W. Gibson Golda i. 37 We held on by our eyelids today..they took Nafekh, we took it back. P2. to bat an eyelid: see bat v.² 2. Compounds General attributive and objective. ΚΠ 1653 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) Table, sig. ****1 Eye-lid fashions, affected as notes of Gallantry and Beauty by divers Nations. 1764 W. Falconer Shipwreck* (ed. 2) 57 The reef-band is a long piece of canvass sewed across the sail, for strengthening it in the place where the reef-holes or eye-lid holes are made. 1858 Med. Times & Gaz. 16 Oct. 398/1 Eyelid surgery is much neglected. 1875 Sci. Amer. 13 Mar. 160/1 The finest pair of forceps is employed to pull the eyelid skin into place. 1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 54 Eyelid-closing indolence, varied by sudden peaks of wide-staring alertness. 1908 F. S. Kolle Subcutaneous Hydrocarbon Protheses 127 The use of hard paraffine plays havoc with eyelid tissue. 1921 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 57 278 The above symptoms..increased, eyelid movements became abnormal and standing position unsteady. 2000 A. Jenkins Honeymoon v. 72 Cherelle knows everything from where to get the best real-estate deals to where to get the best eyelid tucks. Derivatives ˈeyelid-like adj. ΚΠ 1827 R. T. Gore tr. C. G. Carus Introd. Compar. Anat. Animals II. 20 The great pectoral Stigma, capable of being closed by an eyelid-like valve [Ger. durch eine augenliedförmige Klappe verschließbare Bruststigma]. 1907 J. Bland-Sutton Gall-stones & Dis. Bile-ducts i. 8 This papilla..is sheltered by an eyelid-like valvula of mucous membrane. 2010 W. C. Dietz StarCraft II: Heaven's Devils ii. 15 The dome's top floor was protected by a semi-transparent eyelid-like membrane. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1200
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