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单词 collyrium
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collyriumn.

Brit. /kəˈlɪrɪəm/, U.S. /kəˈlɪriəm/
Forms: Also Middle English colerium, Middle English–1600s collirium, 1600s collurium. plural collyria /kəˈlɪrɪə/; also 1600s–1700s collyriums.
Etymology: < Latin collȳrium (in medieval Latin col(l)irium), < Greek κολλύριον poultice, eye-salve, diminutive of κολλύρα roll of coarse bread.
1. A topical remedy for disorders of the eyes; an eye-salve or eye-wash.
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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
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. lxviii. 859 Anoþer maner of kynde [of marble]..is kyndeliche yschape to make þervpon colliria ‘oynementes þat helpen þe yȝen’.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xxix. 140 Colerium is a pryncypall medycyne for the eye.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 67 The medicines of the eyes called collyria.
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 284 Collyriums or Lotions for the infirmities of the eies.
1760 R. Brooke in Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 82 Caustics behind the ears, and vitriolic collyriums, cured her.
1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 66 Tragasœan salt was used..as collyrium for the eyes of horses.
figurative.1555 J. Bradford Let. 11 Feb. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1178/2 Take christes colliryum and eye salue to anoint your eies.1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. i. iv. 8 Poverty may prove a good Collyrium, or Eye salve..to make a true discovery of those things we know not before.1850 R. W. Emerson Uses of Great Men in Representative Men i. 30 Great men are thus a collyrium to clear our eyes from egotism.1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxxv. 118 His tomes..were collyrium to the spirit's eyes.
2. A solid medicine made up in a cylindrical form to be introduced into any of the openings of the body, as the anus, nostril, etc.; a suppository.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > suppositories, etc. > [noun]
pessarya1400
suppositorya1400
supposta1500
suppositor1540
collyrie1600
nascal1640
searching candle1651
candle1684
gland1684
collyrium1748
1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 164 You shall put into it a Collyrium or Dosil made of Honey and meal of bitter Vetches.
1874 W. H. Van Buren & E. L. Keyes Pract. Treat. Surg. Dis. Genito-urinary Organs 87 Astringent collyria are useless.
3. loosely. Any application for the eyes, as the koh'l used by eastern women: cf. alcohol n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the face > [noun] > cosmetics for the face > for the eyes
collyrium1625
1625 B. Jonson Fortunate Isles 188 I will but touch your temples, The corners of your eyes, and tinct the tip..o' your nose, with this Collyrium.
1883 Mrs. Armytage in Fortn. Rev. 1 Sept. 344 Egyptian beauties..heightening their charms with collyrium.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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