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oculist|ˈɒkjʊlɪst|
[a. F. oculiste (in Paré 16th c.), f. L. ocul-us eye: see -ist.]
1. One versed in the knowledge or treatment of the eyes; a physician or surgeon who treats diseases and affections of the eye.
1615Crooke Body of Man 538 Those whom we call Oculists, that is, such as professe and intend the cure of the eies. 1630R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlem. (1641) 197 It is observed by profest Oculists, that whereas all creatures have but foure muscles to turne their eyes round about, man hath a fift to pull his eyes up to heaven. 1711Addison Spect. No. 124 ⁋6 Having consulted many Oculists for the bettering of his Sight. 1866M. E. Braddon Lady's Mile xxviii. 313, I must go at once to an oculist.
†2. One who has good eyes, or uses them well; a sharp-sighted or observant person. Obs. rare.
1660Burney κέρδ. Δῶρον Ep. Ded. (1661) 6 As a sacred Oculist that could see to the end of a storm. 1833Men & Mann. Amer. I. viii. 258 The fair oculist continued our fellow traveller.
3. Comb. oculist-stamp (also oculist's stamp), the more usual name among antiquaries for medicine seal, stamp (medicine n.1 6 a).
1778Gentl. Mag. XLVIII. 509 An inscription on an oculist's stamp. 1851Monthly Jrnl. Med. Sci. xii. 42 Above sixty Roman oculist-stamps have been now discovered in different parts of western Europe. 1886Guide Exhib. Galleries Brit. Mus. 200 Roman Implements, such as steelyards and their weights, oculists' stamps, locks and keys. 1954R. Sutcliff Eagle of Ninth viii. 87 An oculist's stamp is a talisman to carry a man safely where a Legion could not go.
Hence ocuˈlistic a., of or belonging to an oculist; practising as an oculist.
1866Lond. Rev. 24 Nov. 569 Manly eyes..beamed upon her without arousing in her mind any but an oculistic curiosity. 1883Pall Mall G. 22 Sept. 16 Advt. Mr. ― Oculistic Optician. 1893Brit. Med. Jrnl. 9 Sept. 607 Men whose oculistic work seemed to have extended..over a great part of the country. |