eyelid

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From Middle English eyelidd, eye-led, eiȝelid, eghe-lydd, yȝe-lydd, ehlid, yhelidd, equivalent to eye +‎ lid. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oogenlid (“eyelid”), West Frisian eachlid (“eyelid”), Dutch ooglid (“eyelid”), German Low German Ooglidd (“eyelid”), German Augenlid (“eyelid”).

Generally superseded non-native Middle English palpebre (“eyelid”), borrowed from Latin palpebra (“eyelid”) (see Modern English palpebra).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.lɪd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪlɪd

eyelid (plural eyelids)

2. A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Job 41:18, column 2:

     By his neeſings a light doth ſhine, and his eyes are like the eye-liddes of the morning.

   • 2000, Joshua P. Warren, The Evil in Asheville, page 246:

     […] the frightened or insane eyes of an animal, sometimes with eyelids closed in escapeful slumber.

   • 2009 January 14, Natasha Singer, “Love the Eyelashes. Who Is Your Doctor?”, in The New York Times‎:

     Allergan, the company that turned an obscure muscle paralyzer for eyelid spasms, Botox, into a blockbuster wrinkle smoother, hopes to perform cosmetic alchemy yet again.

• blepharon
• palpebra

• blepharon