Crossword-Solution: EYESTONE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Eyestone | n. | A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small marine shell of the family Turbinidae, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye. It is put into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with it the substance. |
| Eyestone | n. | Eye agate. See under Eye. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “EYESTONE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Cinder remover | 1 answer |
| Ophthalmologist's implement | 1 answer |
| device for removing foreign body from eye | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EAERT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with EYESTONE (5)
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.
Anxious to try anything that might relieve Halstead's suffering, the old Squire sent me to borrow the eyestone.
Usually you put the eyestone under the eyelid at the inner canthus of the eye, and the automatic action of the eye moves it slowly over the eyeball; thus it is likely to carry along with it any foreign body that has accidentally lodged in the eye.
Whereupon in the same soft voice he told me that he had the day before lent his eyestone to a man who lived a mile or more from the mills.
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.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1978–1994).