eyewater

== English == === Etymology === From eye +‎ water. === 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.