eye-lash
(ˈaɪlæʃ)
[f. eye n.1 + lash.]
a. The row or line of hairs fringing the edge of the eye-lid. b. A single hair from the same.
| 1752 Sir J. Hill Hist. Anim. 535 Even the eyelashes [of the Simia] are like ours. 1777 Robertson Hist. Amer. II. 68 Their..eye-lashes are of the same hue. 1813 Scott Rokeby iv. v, The eye-lash dark, and downcast eye. 1836 Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 306/2 Few birds..possess eye-lashes. 1860 Tyndall Glac. ii. i. 235 Looking through their fingers or their eyelashes. 1883 Harper's Mag. Sept. 646/2 She fought him [Sleep] to the last eye-lash. |
c. attrib. and Comb.
| 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 538/3 Eyelash Cream—box 1/5. 1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 494/2 Eyelash brushes. 1938 Eve's Jrnl. Jan., Make-up... Eyebrow pencil, eyelash brushes, eyelash comb. 1960 Harper's Bazaar July 67/1 Eyelash curlers in simulated gold. |
Hence eye-lashed ppl. a., provided with eye-lashes; in quot. transf.
| 1854 S. Dobell Balder i. 5 Little window in the wall, Eye-lashed with balmy sprays of honeysuckle. |