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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The eye socket; the concave area of the face around each eye. archaic

   "His cheeke-bones raw, and eie-pits hollow grew, / And brawney armes had lost their knowen might […]."

Synonyms

All synonyms

eye socketeyehole

Example

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"His cheeke-bones raw, and eie-pits hollow grew, / And brawney armes had lost their knowen might […]."

Etymology

From Middle English eye-put, heyeput, eȝe-put, equivalent to eye + pit.

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