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English Dictionary: stye by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stye
n
  1. 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.
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