Stye

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stye \Stye\, n.
     See {Sty}, a boil.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Sty \Sty\, n. [For older styan, styanye, understood as sty on
     eye, AS. st[imac]gend (sc. e['a]ge eye), properly, rising, or
     swelling (eye), p. p. of st[imac]gan to rise. See {Sty}, v.
     i.] (Med.)
     An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
     [Written also {stye}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stye
       n : an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid [syn: {sty},
            {hordeolum}, {eye infection}]