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eyestring
ˈeyestring [f. eye n.1 + string n.] In pl. The strings (i.e. muscles, nerves, or tendons) of the eye. (The ‘eyestrings’ were formerly supposed to break or crack at death or loss of sight.)1601 B. Jonson Poetaster Induct., Crack, eye-strings..let me be ever blind. 1607 Beaum. & Fl. Woman-hater ii. i,... Oxford English Dictionary
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▪ I. string, n. (strɪŋ) Forms: 1–6 streng, (pl. 3 strengen, -us, 3–6 strenges), 4 streing, strenge, 4–6 strynge, 4–7 stringe, 5–6 stryng, 5– string. [OE. stręng masc. = MLG. strenk, strenge, MDu. strenghe, stringhe (mod.Du. streng fem.), ON. streng-r masc. (Da. streng, Sw. sträng):—OTeut. type *stra... Oxford English Dictionary
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