styany Now dial.
(ˈstaɪənɪ)
Forms: 5 styanie, 6 styonie, styony, 8–9 stiony, 9 styney, stine-eye, sty-on-eye, etc. (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).
[f. styan + eye n.; the etymological sense is therefore an eye with a ‘styan’ on it.]
= sty n.4
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 475/1 Styanye yn the eye, egilopa. 1552 Huloet, Styony, disease growyng within the eye lyddes, sycosis. 1570 Levins Manip. 102/24 Ye styonie, sycosis. 1572 Huloet (ed. Higins), Styony. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Stiony,..A Disease in the Eye-lids. 1823 Styney [see sty n.4]. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Stiony, a small itching and inflamed pimple among the eye-lashes. 1881 Leicestersh. Gloss., Sty-on-eye. |