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eyestring

eyestring noun: one of the fibres of the eye, such as a tendon, nerve or muscle.

Noun

eyestring (plural eyestrings)

  1. (in plural, obsolete) One of the fibres of the eye, such as a tendon, nerve or muscle.
    • Or euer sleepe his eye-strings did vntye1590, Edmund Spenser, “The Cave of Mammon”, in The Faerie Queene, Book 2, Canto VII
    • I would have broke mine eyestrings, cracked them, but / To look upon him,a. 1611, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, act 1, scene 4

eyestring meaning in Tamil

eyestring in Tamil

விழியிழை

Forms of eyestring

pluraleyestrings
alternative formeye-string

Origin of eyestring

From eye + string.

Questions about eyestring

What does eyestring mean?
Eyestring means one of the fibres of the eye, such as a tendon, nerve or muscle.
What is eyestring in Tamil?
Eyestring in Tamil is விழியிழை. See Eyestring meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eyestring?
Eyestring is a noun.
What is the plural of eyestring?
The plural of eyestring is eyestrings.

Words near eyestring in the dictionary

  1. eyestones
  2. eyestrain
  3. eyestrains
  4. eyestreak
  5. eyestreaks
  6. eyestring
  7. eyestrings
  8. eyestripe
  9. eyestripes
  10. eyeteeth
  11. eyeth

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