eyestone
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of eyestone
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"Why don't you try the eyestone?" said Jeannie.
From A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
Before using the eyestone it should be warmed in warm water, he said; then it should be put very gently under the lid at the corner of the eye.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
Mrs. Wilbur told them that Prudent Bedell, a queer old fellow who lived at Lurvey's Mills, four miles away, had an eyestone that he would lend to any one for ten cents.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
Halstead's eye was so much inflamed that we had no little trouble in getting the eyestone under the lid.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
He gave me a little glass vial half full of some liquid and told me to drop the eyestone into it when I should get it.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
