What is a mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by Egyptian and other Eastern women to darken the edges of the eyelids called?
kohl — A mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by Egyptian and other Eastern women to darken the edges of the eyelids. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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