eyelash

[ ahy-lash ]

/ ˈaɪˌlæʃ /

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noun

one of the short, thick, curved hairs growing as a fringe on the edge of an eyelid.

the fringe of hairs itself.

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Origin of eyelash

First recorded in 1745–55; eye + lash¹

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Victim’s Parents Sue Merchants of the Aurora Massacre|Cliff Schecter|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
People with a single pinkish eye may have a physical irritation—an eyelash, a piece of grit—that causes tearing and inflammation.
Everything You Wanted To Know About Bob Costas’s Olympic Pinkeye|Kent Sepkowitz|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Enter 21-year-old Vermont native Natalie Russo, whose line of eyelash jewelry is setting the Etsy world on fire.
Introducing the Exciting and Vaguely Scary Art of Eyelash Jewelry|Misty White Sidell|January 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
At least Apple executives can receive millions upon millions in salary and stock without Occupy Wall Street batting an eyelash.
Wall Street’s Irrational Negative Reaction to Apple’s Earnings Report|Zachary Karabell|July 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Without the tremor of an eyelash her search was answered by a look as steady and firm as her own.
The Brand|Therese Broderick
Anything to equal the low cunning of his visage, and of his shadowless eyes without the ghost of an eyelash, I never saw.
The Personal History of David Copperfield |Charles Dickens
Not an eyelash flickered, not a trace of self-consciousness.
The Ninth Vibration And Other Stories|L. Adams Beck
Cord did not move an eyelash; this was an absolutely new form of attack.
The Beauty and the Bolshevist|Alice Duer Miller
There wasn't a flicker of an eyelash to show that Ralph was the least bit nervous.
The Border Boys Across the Frontier|Fremont B. Deering

British Dictionary definitions for eyelash

eyelash

/ (ˈaɪˌlæʃ) /

noun

any one of the short curved hairs that grow from the edge of the eyelids

a row or fringe of these hairs

Related formsRelated adjective: ciliary

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Word Origin and History for eyelash

eyelash

1752, from eye (n.) + lash (n.). Related: Eyelashes.

Medicine definitions for eyelash

eyelash

[ ī′lăsh′ ]

n.

Any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid.cilium

A row of the hairs fringing the eyelid.

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noun

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