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"eyelid" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often bree (4 letters).
Definitions
either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
Word origin
From Middle English eyelidd, eye-led, eiȝelid, eghe-lydd, yȝe-lydd, ehlid, yhelidd, from an unrecorded Old English *ēaghlid (“eyelid”), from Proto-West Germanic *augahlid (“eyelid”), equivalent to eye + lid. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oogenlid (“eyelid”), West Frisian eachlid (“eyelid”), Dutch ooglid (“eyelid”), German Low German Ooglidd (“eyelid”), German Augenlid (“eyelid”).
Used in a sentence
“By his neeſings a light doth ſhine, and his eyes are like the eye-liddes of the morning.”
“[…] the frightened or insane eyes of an animal, sometimes with eyelids closed in escapeful slumber.”
“Allergan, the company that turned an obscure muscle paralyzer for eyelid spasms, Botox, into a blockbuster wrinkle smoother, hopes to perform cosmetic alchemy yet again.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Part that blinks”6 letters
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