eyestone

American  

[ahy-stohn] / ˈaɪˌstoʊn /

noun

1. a 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.

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Etymology

Origin of eyestone

First recorded in 1670–80; eye + stone

Example Sentences

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eyestone

The woman, whose sty had been cured, opened a drawer and took out the eyestone, carefully wrapped in a piece of linen cloth.

From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens

Mrs. Frost had long been indignant as to the way the Doles were treating the boy; she gladly took him in and cared for him, while I hurried on with the eyestone.

From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens

When he examined Halstead's eye, he found the eyestone near the outer canthus, and near it the irritating bit of wheat beard.

From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens

Halstead's eye was so much inflamed that we had no little trouble in getting the eyestone under the lid.

From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens

Although I was fourteen, that was the first time I had ever heard of an eyestone; from what Mrs. Wilbur had said about it, I supposed that it was something very mysterious.

From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens