Word Study
eyelash
CIDE DICTIONARY
eyelash, n.
- The fringe of hair that edges the eyelid; -- usually in the
pl. [1913 Webster] - A hair of the fringe on the edge of the eyelid. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
eyelash, n. each of the hairs growing on the edges of the eyelids.
Idiom
by an eyelash by a very small margin.
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