stye

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Thus the wedding ring rubbing upon that little abscess called the stye, which is frequently seen on the tarsi of the eyes, is said to remove it.

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  • They were shewn into an inn, as the Frenchmen called it; but he thought it more like a pig-stye: there, in a room with two straw beds, they had two pigeons for supper, on a dirty cloth, with wooden handled knives. —  The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Vol. I
  • Me that you can use to generate your own Obama-stye posters. —  davidgagne.net
  • This unique and extraordinary Indian-stye house, built in 1810, was the inspiration for the Brighton Pavilion. —  WalesOnline - Home
  • The control surfaces includes a broadcast-stye 3-axis Hall Effect Joystick with twist handle zoom control, as well as separate Pan, Tilt and Speed control knobs. —  UK Regional Film and Television News
  • He was eloquent on the salting, and not burning his weeds, on Dutch clover--"and mind, Jahn," said he, "every orchard should have a pig-stye: where pigs are kept, there apple-trees will thrive well, and bear well, if there be any fruit going:" and he moved his stick on the floor from habit, as if he were rubbing his pigs' backs; and then turning to us he said,--"Why, Jahn has been telling me strange things: Prateapace and Gadabout have gone over to the chapel--left the church; not there last Sunday. —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
 

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