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[ ahy-stohn ] / ˈaɪˌstoʊn /
nouna small calcareous body, flat on one side and convex on the other, passed between the eye and the eyelid to bring out cinders or other foreign matter. Origin of eyestoneFirst recorded in 1670–80; eye + stone Words nearby eyestoneeyesore, eye splice, eyespot, eyes right, eyestalk, eyestone, eyestrain, eyestrings, eyeteeth, Eyetie, eye to eye Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eyestoneThe woman, whose sty had been cured, opened a drawer and took out the eyestone, carefully wrapped in a piece of linen cloth. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's|Charles Asbury Stephens Anxious to try anything that might relieve Halstead's suffering, the old Squire sent me to borrow the eyestone. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's|Charles Asbury Stephens He gave me a little glass vial half full of some liquid and told me to drop the eyestone into it when I should get it. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's|Charles Asbury Stephens Halstead's eye was so much inflamed that we had no little trouble in getting the eyestone under the lid. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's|Charles Asbury Stephens
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