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gound.

Mucus produced by the eyes during sleep.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡaʊ̯nd/
  1. Mucus produced by the eyes during sleep.

    UK · dialectal · uncountable
  2. Gummy matter in sore eyes.

    UK · dialectal · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English gounde, gownde, from Old English gund (“matter, pus, poison”), from Proto-West Germanic *gund, from Proto-Germanic *gundaz (“sore, boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰendʰ- (“ulcer, sore, abscess, boil”). Cognate with Old High German gunt (“purulent matter”), dialectal Norwegian gund (“the scab of an ulcer”).

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