The gummy or wax-like matter secreted at the corner of the eye.

A drop of the limpid fluid secreted by the lachrymal gland appearing in or flowing from the eye; chiefly as the result of emotion, esp. grief, but…

Foul matter, esp. that secreted in the eye.

Watery state or condition of the eyes; watering of the eyes; an instance of this.

a flow of tears.

Chiefly literary and (in later use) Caribbean. Tears. Also occasionally in plural in same sense.

†(a) a tear (obsolete); (b) (in plural) a soothing or medicinal solution applied to the eye in drops.

The sticky secretion that collects in the inner corner of the eye. (Either a sense transferred from sense 1, or connected with gound, n.)

tears, esp. of sorrow (cf. brine, n. 3).

A gummy secretion in the eye. (Cf. gound, n.)

Hardened rheum from the eyes. Obsolete. rare.

A single tear in or falling from the eye. Cf. tear, n.1 1.

A little or tiny tear.

The effects or signs of sleep. Also spec., the solid substance found in the corners of the eyes and along the edges of the eyelids after sleep.

Miscellaneous uses. A particle of sleep (sleep, n. 1d).