gound

Meanings

Noun

Mucus produced by the eyes during sleep.
Gummy matter in sore eyes.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

synonyms at sleep

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