Eyelash
[ahy-lash] /ˈaɪˌlæʃ/
noun
1.
one of the short, thick, curved hairs growing as a fringe on the edge of an eyelid.
2.
the fringe of hairs itself.
/ˈaɪˌlæʃ/
noun
1.
any one of the short curved hairs that grow from the edge of the eyelids
2.
a row or fringe of these hairs
n.
1752, from eye (n.) + lash (n.). Related: Eyelashes.
eyelash eye·lash (ī’lāsh’)
n.
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