Hypertext Webster Gateway: "eyelid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Eyelid \Eye`lid"\, n. (Anat.)
The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which
an animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
eyelid
n : either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or
open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer" [syn:
{lid}, {palpebra}]
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