EYESTRINGS

Meaning of EYESTRINGS in English

/uy"stringz'/ , n.pl. Obs.

the muscles, nerves, or tendons of the eye.

[ 1595-1605; EYE + STRING + -S 3 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

EYESTRINGS — noun plural Date: 1590 organic eye attachments formerly believed to break at death or blindness
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EYESTRINGS — noun plural obsolete : organic eye attachments (as muscles of the eye) once popularly viewed as causing blindness by breaking …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EYESTRINGS — noun plural Date: 1590 obsolete : organic eye attachments formerly believed to break at death or blindness
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EYESTRINGS — [eye.strings] n pl (1590) obs: organic eye attachments formerly believed to break at death or blindness
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYESTRINGS — Pronunciation: ' ī - ˌ stri ŋ z Function: noun plural Date: 1590 obsolete : organic eye attachments formerly believed …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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