Medicinal ointment for the eyes. Also figurative and in figurative contexts (frequently with allusion to Revelation 3:18; see quot. 1526).

= collyrium, n. 1.

A topical remedy for disorders of the eyes; an eye-salve or eye-wash.

A powder made of dried honeysuckle juice, used to treat diseases of the eyes.

powder of welcome, a medicament for the eyes.

= collyrium, n. 1.

Any of numerous (supposedly) medicinal solutions used in the treatment of the eyes; medicinal liquid of this nature; = eyewash, n. 1. Also figurative…

A medicine or remedy for diseases of the eye. Obsolete.

Of or pertaining to the sky or material heavens. celestial equator = equator, n. 1 (cf. equinoctial, adj. 1); celestial globe, celestial map: one…

(a) lotion or balm for the eyes; (b) slang wine available only in a small quantity; see quot. 1943 (rare).

A crystalline alkaloid obtained from the Calabar bean, the fruit of Physostigma venenosum, employed in solution in medicine to produce…

A synthetic alkaloid related to atropine, used mainly to dilate the pupil of the eye.

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

A short-acting anticholinergic drug, used to produce dilatation of the pupil and cycloplegia during examination of the eye.