‘Black antimony’, i.e. trisulphide of antimony calcined and powdered, used as a cosmetic for blackening the eyelids and eyebrows. †Formerly used…

= stibium, n.

A cosmetic for enhancing the appearance of the eyes; eyeshadow.

Of or belonging to antimony; antimonic.

A black powder used as eye make-up, esp. in North Africa and the Middle East; = kohl, n.1 Obsolete.

a cosmetic pencil (pencil, n. 2c) for defining or accentuating the eyebrows.

A powder used in the East to darken the eyelids, etc., usually consisting of finely powdered antimony.

A black powder consisting of sulphide of antimony or of lead, used by Indian women for staining the eyebrows and eyelids.

A substance or agent used to make something darker in tone or colour.

A cosmetic preparation for darkening, lengthening, and thickening the eyelashes and (occasionally) the eyebrows, usually applied with a small brush.

black eye-shadow; black mascara.

cosmetic make-up applied for its shading or colouring effect to the eyelids or around the eyes.

= eye shadow n. at eye, n.1 compounds 4.

= eye shadow n. at eye, n.1 compounds 4.