EY'ELID, noun The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which an animal covers the eyeball, or uncovers it, at pleasure.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI
eyelid
Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign