eyelid
/ˈaɪ.lɪd/ noun B2- A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye.
Plural eyelids
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“’Tis the voice of the Lobster; I heard him declare, “You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair.” As a duck with its eyelids, so he with his nose Trims his belt and his buttons, and turns out his toes.”
Inspector MacDonald smiled, and his eyelid quivered as he glanced towards me.
Holmes sat silent and composed, his eyelids half shut, but every sense on the alert.
Already our friend’s eyelids shivered and he made a feeble effort to move.
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