Eyesalve

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An ointment for the eye.

    "anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see"

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"anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see"

Etymology

From Middle English eȝhe-salfe, from Old English ēagsealf (“eye-salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *augasalbā (“eye-salve”), equivalent to eye + salve. Cognate with Dutch ogenzalf (“eyesalve”), German Augensalbe (“eyesalve”), Swedish ögonsalva (“eyesalve”).

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