Crossword clues for eyecup
eyecup
- Pupil's bath holder
- Glass in a medicine cabinet
- A small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye
- Use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball
- (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina
- Medicine-cabinet item
- Washing aid for pupils
- Pupil's bath?
- Aid for peeper-washing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
eyecup \eye"cup`\, n. A small oval porcelain or glass cup, having a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye. it is used in the application of liquid remedies to eyes; -- called also eyeglass.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context US English) an eyebath 2 coon eyes
WordNet
n. a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball; "an eyecup is called an eyebath in Britain" [syn: eyebath, eye cup]
(embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina [syn: optic cup]
Usage examples of "eyecup".
Her companions were threaded along the trunk behind her, moving easily: the widow Philas apparently indifferent to her surroundings, Farr with his eyecups wide and staring, his mouth wide open and his chest straining at the thin Air, and dear old Adda at the back, his spear clasped before him, his good eye constantly sweeping the complex darkness around them.
He grinned through the faceplate at her, the age-lines around his eyecups deep and shadowed.
Miss Swivven put on a pair of round, dark eyecups, handed him a similar pair, and turned on the bank of sunlamps installed along the walls.
I removed the lens hood for him and he took the camera and stood up, putting his eye to the rubber eyecup and then slowly covering the park in a virtuoso 36o-degree pan.