stye : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stye	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for stye
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stye n an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid [syn: sty, stye, hordeolum, eye infection]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sty \Sty\, n. [For older styan, styanye, understood as sty on eye, AS. st[c6]gend (sc. e[a0]ge eye), properly, rising, or swelling (eye), p. p. of st[c6]gan to rise. See {Sty}, v. i.] (Med.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid. [Written also {stye}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stye \Stye\, n. See {Sty}, a boil.