| 单词 | to wash clean, clear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wash clean, clear b. To bathe (the eyes). Also, to wash clean, clear. †Also transferred (jocularly), to clear or sharpen the sight of (the eyes) with strong drink (cf. next). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments of specific parts > treat specific parts [verb (transitive)] > remove dimness from eyes > bathe the eyes washc1200 c1200 Vices & Virtues 125 Wassce and wipe wol clane ða eiȝene, for ðan soð is ðat hie ðe siggen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13571 Ga wasse þin eien þar. c1420 Chron. Vilod. 2826 Þis bysone mon to þat water he ladde And wosshe þere-wt his ynon two. 16.. Chalkhill in Walton Angler xvi. 210 We..Drink a cup to wash our eyes, Leave the sluggard sleeping. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. xiv. 365 His eyes washed with only a single cup of canary. 1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous ii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 259 Thou shalt have no cause to complain that thine eyes..have been damaged by a Scottish mist, while we can find an English piece of money to pay for the good liquor which should wash them clear. < as lemmas |
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