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ˈeyesalve Obs. exc. fig.
[f. eye n.1 + salve.]
Ointment for the eyes.
c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 114 Colliria, eaᵹ⁓sealfe. c1200Ormin 1852 Hallȝhe læchedom And sawless eȝhesallfe. 1526Bible (Tindale) Rev. iii. 18 Anoynt thyne eyes with eye salve, that thou mayste se. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 137 An Eye-salue made of the iuice of ground Iuie. 1784Cowper Task ii. 203 Go, dress thine eye with eyesalve.
fig.1550Bale Image Both Ch. G iv, Anoynt thyne eyes..with the eye salve of clerenes which is Jesus Christe. 1641Milton Reform. i. (1851) 30 If we will but purge with sovrain eyesalve that intellectual ray which God hath planted in us. 1677Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 69 Where grace, as the only eye-salve, doth not restore the sight. |