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Meanings of eye-lotion in English

Catalan
col·liri

Lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes.

        col·liri
        Synonyms
        Examples for "eyewash"
        Examples for "eyewash"
        1
        I tried to find out, but they gave me nothing but eyewash.
        Greenmantle
        2
        Grandma knew it as an antiseptic eyewash; here it's also a pH buffer.
        Wired
        3
        No one should ever use an eyewash, except by medical advice.
        Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoh...
        4
        How good are we going to play when we are staggering around looking for an eyewash?
        From a Certain Point of View
        5
        The Jew plot was eyewash.
        The Guardian
        1
        I will pray for you; the dust of your path shall be collyrium for my eyes.
        The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan
        2
        Elfelilet emerged, a tawny-skinned woman, her eyes dusted in kohl and collyrium, her hennaed hair threaded with gold wire.
        The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
        3
        Another method employed the substance called collyrium; this is a preparation of Bruttian pitch, bitumen, pounded glass, wax, and mastich.
        The Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02
        4
        He entered and was brought before the king, carrying with him an old book together with a collyrium case containing powder.
        The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
        5
        Great men are thus a collyrium to clear our eyes from egotism, and enable us to see other people and their works.
        Representative Men: Seven Lectures
        Usage of eye-lotion in English
        1
        I made an application of some eye-lotion, at which he shrieked horribly, poor boy.
        Spinifex and Sand / A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Ex...
        Translations for eye-lotion
        Catalan
        col·liri
        Eye-lotion through the time