eyebathful
eyebathful noun: the amount that an eyebath can hold.
Noun
eyebathful (plural not attested)
- The amount that an eyebath can hold.
- One drop of lemon juice in an eye-bathful of warm water is sufficient.1930 May 2, One of Them [pseudonym], “For Business Girls. Ideal Quick-Change Programme.”, in The Kensington News and West London Times, number 3200, section “Whiten the Teeth”, page 2
- Eye Lotion Tablets. ℞ Optabs. Mitte x. Sig: i diss. in an eyebathful of warm water.1949, Journal of the Institute of Optical Science, page 721
- Synonyms:
- eyecupful
Examples of eyebathful in a sentence
- Use bottled spring water for bathing the eyes; use a fresh eyebathful for each eye.1985, Nalda Gosling, “Common Ailments and their Herbal Remedies”, in Successful Herbal Remedies for Treating Numerous Common Ailments...
- Alternatively, add 1 to 3 drops of tincture to an eyebathful of distilled water. […] A few grains of salt can be added to each eyebathful.1993, Frances Büning, Paul Hambly, Herbalism (Headway Lifeguides), Headway, published 1998, →ISBN, pages 18 (The natural pharmacy § How to...
Synonyms of eyebathful
Origin of eyebathful
From eyebath + -ful.
Questions about eyebathful
- What does eyebathful mean?
- Eyebathful means the amount that an eyebath can hold.
- How do you use eyebathful in a sentence?
- Use bottled spring water for bathing the eyes; use a fresh eyebathful for each eye.
- What part of speech is eyebathful?
- Eyebathful is a noun.
Words near eyebathful in the dictionary
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