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Definition of Eyestones
1. eyestone [n] - See also: eyestone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eyestones
Literary usage of Eyestones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1866)
"of itself, cinder and all. They 're terribly teasing things, cinders ; and somebody
's always sure to get one. I always keep three eyestones in my purse. ..."
2. Young Englishwoman: A Volume of Pure Literature, New Fashions, and Pretty (1867)
""What a funny woman, to be always carrying eyestones about, and putting them ш
people's eyes !" said Jeannie. ''It was quite kind of her, I'm sure," said ..."
3. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1898)
"It is possible these were not shell beads at all, but, as I have elsewhere
suggested, the white eyestones of our freshwater crayfish. ..."
4. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1908)
"The blunt apex of the triangle lies in the transparent portion of the 17 [In this
country eyestones (the flat opercula of certain molluscs) are used for the ..."
5. The Iroquois Trail, Or, Footprints of the Six Nations: Or Foot-prints of the by William Martin Beauchamp, David Cusick (1892)
"I simply hazard the conjecture that they might have been the eyestones of the
common fresh water crayfish. ..."
6. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene: Designed for the Colleges by Calvin Cutter (1858)
"eyestones ought never to be placed in the eye, as they often cause more pain and
irritation than the evil which they are intended to remedy. 942. ..."
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