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eyesalve en · NOUN

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”).

Meanings

1. An ointment for the eye.
   • anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelations 3:17:

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