Weird Words » eye http://www.weirdwords.com your source for weird words or phrase origins Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:38:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Apple of His Eye http://www.weirdwords.com/2010/03/04/apple-of-his-eye/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apple-of-his-eye http://www.weirdwords.com/2010/03/04/apple-of-his-eye/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:30:23 +0000 admin http://www.weirdwords.com/?p=7 In old English, the pupil of the eye was called ‘the apple.’

The pupil was thought to be spherical and solid and was the main part, or crucial part, of the eye.



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