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Search phrase: eye-string

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CymbelineCym I.iv.17I would have broke mine eye-strings, cracked them, butI would haue broke mine eye-strings;

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eye-stringsmuscles of the eye [thought to break at the point when a dear sight is lost]

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
EYEPARTeye-string n
STRINGPART OF BODYeye-string n

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