eyewater
See also: Eye Water
English
Etymology
Noun
eyewater (usually uncountable, plural eyewaters)
- (medicine) A wash or lotion for application to the eyes, such as eyedrops.
- (archaic, slang) Gin.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) Tears; water cried from the eyes.
References
- (gin): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
- “eyewater”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.