eye-watern.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪˌwɔːtə/, U.S.

/ˈaɪˌwɔdər/,

/ˈaɪˌwɑdər/

Forms: see eye n.¹ and water n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eye n.¹, water n.

Etymology: < eye n.¹ + water n.; compare water v. 6. In Caribbean use (sense 1a) perhaps after a model in a West African language (compare in the same sense e.g. Twi ani-nsu , Igbo anya mmili , both lit. ‘eye-water’). With sense 2, compare post-classical Latin aqua ophthalmica (1552 or earlier) and German Augenwasser (1556 or earlier).

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

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > excretions from eye > [noun]

spadec725

tear971

goundc1000

wateriness?1550

eye-stream1591

eye-water1591

eye drop1600

guma1616

eye-brine1616

gowl1665

gore1741

teardrop1789

tearlet1858

sleep1922

sleeper1942

1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 39^v What anger so fiery that may not be quenched with eye water, sith a weeping suppliant, rebateth the edge of more then a Lions fury.

1658 T. Flatman Naps upon Parnassus sig. D5^v Whil'st your lungs the fire doth gently blow, Eye-water drops into your Cheeks below.

1845 G. Murray Islaford 169 To roll Sorrow's eye-waters from their dark abode.

1850 W. M. Thackeray Let. 21 Aug. (1994) I. 371 I can hardly see as I write for the eye-water. But its not with grief.

1908 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 1 Sept. 4/2 I cry until I don't hab no more eye-water again.

1909 tr. in J. R. Swanton Tlingit Myths & Texts xci. 372 Now, however, your eye water he has wiped away. That is all.

1961 N. Roy Black Albino 78 So harsh and strong was the command, that Kisanka..was blinded by the eyewater.

2001 A. Wheatle East of Acre Lane 300 A freezing chill of blame and responsibility surged through her as eye-water soaked her face.

b. slang. Any of various kinds of strong alcoholic drink; esp. gin. Also with modifying word, as Cupid's eye-water, Paddy's eye-water, devil's eye-water, etc. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > gin > [noun]

bottled lightning1713

gin1713

royal bob1722

diddle1725

strike-fire1725

tittery1725

max1728

maxim1739

strip-me-naked1751

eye-water1755

sky blue1755

lightning1781

Jacky1800

ribbon1811

Daffy's elixir1821

sweet-stuff1835

tiger's milk1850

juniper1857

cream of the wilderness1858

satin1864

Twankay1900

panther1931

mother's ruin1933

needle and pin1937

1755 Connoisseur No. 53. 315 What among the vulgar is called Cupid's Eye-water, Strip me naked, and Lay me down softly.

1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 74 Eye-water, brandy—mistakenly used of gin also.

1823 P. Egan Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (rev. ed.) Eye-water, gin.

1869 G. J. Whyte-Melville M. or N. I. vi. 118 Two bob an' a bender, and a three of eye-water, in?

1886 Judy 4 Aug. 58 Jiggered gin, dog's nose and Paddy's eye-water.

1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman xxii. 329 Having informed Abney that persons in her condition stood in more need of eye-water than Adam's Ale, he told the footman to call Mrs. Marple.

1977 Amer. Speech 52 115 Whiskey:..devil's eye water.

1997 G. M. Fraser Black Ajax 93 This is what comes of late hours and eye-water, and listening to the babbling of fools without imagination.

2002 P. Dillon Gin (2003) xi. 166 They [sc. 18th-century Londoners] got topsey-frizey on My Lady's Eye-water, the Baulk, the Last Shift, Old Tom.

2. Any of numerous (supposedly) medicinal solutions used in the treatment of the eyes; medicinal liquid of this nature; = eyewash n. 1. Also figurative (cf. eyewash n. 2a). Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > lotion or bath > [noun] > specific

lyea700

eye-water?1593

mouth-water1598

arquebusade1739

eye lotion1797

black wash1805

mouthwash1806

bloodbath1834

starch bath1836

sulphur bath1843

whitewash1897

wax bath1916

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [noun] > for the eyes

eye salveeOE

collyrie1382

collyriuma1398

oculus lucidusc1425

powder of welcome?1541

collyre1562

eye-water?1593

ophthalmic1650

celestial water1739

eye lotion1797

eserine1879

homatropine1880

eye drop1938–9

tropicamide1961

?1593 H. Chettle Kind-harts Dreame sig. D2^v Likewise may it be saide of your admirable eie water through the vertue of whiche, you haue attained the woorshipfull name of Doctor.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ii. 106 All sorts of Eye-waters, such as that of Elder well.

1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 59 An excellent Eye-Water.

1818 S. F. Gray Suppl. Pharmacopœias 235 Blue eye water.

1841 R. W. Emerson Prudence in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) vii. 197 Love is not a hood, but an eye-water.

1928 Q. Rev. Biol. 3 303/1 The author [sc. Bertrand Russell] ends with an exposition of the healing virtues of his own eye water.

1959 E. E. Dale Frontier Ways x. 195 There were eye salves, eye water, ‘red precipity’, used as a cure for itch..and ointments of many kinds.

2009 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 Mar. 605/3 He [sc. John Wesley] ends with a section on using and how to make elixirs, balsams,..emetics, and eye waters.

3. Fluid contained within the eye, esp. aqueous humour. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > parts of sight organ > [noun] > humours of

humoura1398

glassy humour?1541

aqueous humour1643

vitreous humour (or body)1663

hydatoid1706

vitreous1869

eye-water1874

aqueous1879

1874 E. Coues Field Ornithol. vi. 78 Eye-water, insignificant as it may appear, is often a great annoyance [in taxidermy].

1974 T. Berland & R. A. Perritt Living with your Eye Operation v. 54 Under the cornea the situation is different; there is a continual turnover of aqueous humor, or eye water.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	eye-water
释义	eye-watern. Brit. /ˈʌɪˌwɔːtə/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌwɔdər/, /ˈaɪˌwɑdər/ Forms: see eye n.¹ and water n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eye n.¹, water n. Etymology: < eye n.¹ + water n.; compare water v. 6. In Caribbean use (sense 1a) perhaps after a model in a West African language (compare in the same sense e.g. Twi ani-nsu , Igbo anya mmili , both lit. ‘eye-water’). With sense 2, compare post-classical Latin aqua ophthalmica (1552 or earlier) and German Augenwasser (1556 or earlier). 1. a. Chiefly literary and (in later use) Caribbean. Tears. Also occasionally in plural in same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > excretions from eye > [noun] spadec725 tear971 goundc1000 wateriness?1550 eye-stream1591 eye-water1591 eye drop1600 guma1616 eye-brine1616 gowl1665 gore1741 teardrop1789 tearlet1858 sleep1922 sleeper1942 1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 39^v What anger so fiery that may not be quenched with eye water, sith a weeping suppliant, rebateth the edge of more then a Lions fury. 1658 T. Flatman Naps upon Parnassus sig. D5^v Whil'st your lungs the fire doth gently blow, Eye-water drops into your Cheeks below. 1845 G. Murray Islaford 169 To roll Sorrow's eye-waters from their dark abode. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Let. 21 Aug. (1994) I. 371 I can hardly see as I write for the eye-water. But its not with grief. 1908 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 1 Sept. 4/2 I cry until I don't hab no more eye-water again. 1909 tr. in J. R. Swanton Tlingit Myths & Texts xci. 372 Now, however, your eye water he has wiped away. That is all. 1961 N. Roy Black Albino 78 So harsh and strong was the command, that Kisanka..was blinded by the eyewater. 2001 A. Wheatle East of Acre Lane 300 A freezing chill of blame and responsibility surged through her as eye-water soaked her face. b. slang. Any of various kinds of strong alcoholic drink; esp. gin. Also with modifying word, as Cupid's eye-water, Paddy's eye-water, devil's eye-water, etc. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > gin > [noun] bottled lightning1713 gin1713 royal bob1722 diddle1725 strike-fire1725 tittery1725 max1728 maxim1739 strip-me-naked1751 eye-water1755 sky blue1755 lightning1781 Jacky1800 ribbon1811 Daffy's elixir1821 sweet-stuff1835 tiger's milk1850 juniper1857 cream of the wilderness1858 satin1864 Twankay1900 panther1931 mother's ruin1933 needle and pin1937 1755 Connoisseur No. 53. 315 What among the vulgar is called Cupid's Eye-water, Strip me naked, and Lay me down softly. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 74 Eye-water, brandy—mistakenly used of gin also. 1823 P. Egan Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (rev. ed.) Eye-water, gin. 1869 G. J. Whyte-Melville M. or N. I. vi. 118 Two bob an' a bender, and a three of eye-water, in? 1886 Judy 4 Aug. 58 Jiggered gin, dog's nose and Paddy's eye-water. 1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman xxii. 329 Having informed Abney that persons in her condition stood in more need of eye-water than Adam's Ale, he told the footman to call Mrs. Marple. 1977 Amer. Speech 52 115 Whiskey:..devil's eye water. 1997 G. M. Fraser Black Ajax 93 This is what comes of late hours and eye-water, and listening to the babbling of fools without imagination. 2002 P. Dillon Gin (2003) xi. 166 They [sc. 18th-century Londoners] got topsey-frizey on My Lady's Eye-water, the Baulk, the Last Shift, Old Tom. 2. Any of numerous (supposedly) medicinal solutions used in the treatment of the eyes; medicinal liquid of this nature; = eyewash n. 1. Also figurative (cf. eyewash n. 2a). Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > lotion or bath > [noun] > specific lyea700 eye-water?1593 mouth-water1598 arquebusade1739 eye lotion1797 black wash1805 mouthwash1806 bloodbath1834 starch bath1836 sulphur bath1843 whitewash1897 wax bath1916 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [noun] > for the eyes eye salveeOE collyrie1382 collyriuma1398 oculus lucidusc1425 powder of welcome?1541 collyre1562 eye-water?1593 ophthalmic1650 celestial water1739 eye lotion1797 eserine1879 homatropine1880 eye drop1938–9 tropicamide1961 ?1593 H. Chettle Kind-harts Dreame sig. D2^v Likewise may it be saide of your admirable eie water through the vertue of whiche, you haue attained the woorshipfull name of Doctor. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ii. 106 All sorts of Eye-waters, such as that of Elder well. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 59 An excellent Eye-Water. 1818 S. F. Gray Suppl. Pharmacopœias 235 Blue eye water. 1841 R. W. Emerson Prudence in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) vii. 197 Love is not a hood, but an eye-water. 1928 Q. Rev. Biol. 3 303/1 The author [sc. Bertrand Russell] ends with an exposition of the healing virtues of his own eye water. 1959 E. E. Dale Frontier Ways x. 195 There were eye salves, eye water, ‘red precipity’, used as a cure for itch..and ointments of many kinds. 2009 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 Mar. 605/3 He [sc. John Wesley] ends with a section on using and how to make elixirs, balsams,..emetics, and eye waters. 3. Fluid contained within the eye, esp. aqueous humour. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > parts of sight organ > [noun] > humours of humoura1398 glassy humour?1541 aqueous humour1643 vitreous humour (or body)1663 hydatoid1706 vitreous1869 eye-water1874 aqueous1879 1874 E. Coues Field Ornithol. vi. 78 Eye-water, insignificant as it may appear, is often a great annoyance [in taxidermy]. 1974 T. Berland & R. A. Perritt Living with your Eye Operation v. 54 Under the cornea the situation is different; there is a continual turnover of aqueous humor, or eye water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1591
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