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| sty [ stī ] (plural sties) or stye [ stī ] (plural styes) |
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eyelid swelling: a temporary swelling on an eyelid at the base of an eyelash
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| [Early 17th century. Shortening of obsolete styany<styan (< Old English stīgan "ascend" < Germanic) + eye; probably taken as "sty on eye"] |
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