Definition of Eye mask

1. Noun. A mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes.

Exact synonyms: Domino, Half Mask
Generic synonyms: Mask

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eye Mask

eye drop
eye dropper
eye drops
eye enucleation
eye evisceration
eye fillet
eye floaters
eye for an eye
eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
eye haemorrhage
eye infection
eye infections
eye injuries
eye lens
eye manifestations
eye mask (current term)
eye movements
eye muscle
eye of a needle
eye of the beholder
eye of the storm
eye ointment
eye opener
eye patch
eye pattern
eye protective devices
eye reflex
eye rhyme
eye rhymes
eye shadow

Literary usage of Eye mask

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1899)
"... an eye-mask, clasps the tree with his ... 185, for a representation of a worshipper wearing the eye-mask. BOOK II. ..."

2. Incarnations of the Aztec Supernatural: The Image of Huitzilopochtli in by Elizabeth Hill Boone (1989)
"... and less distinctly, by his eye mask. A fragmentary carved femur found in Mexico City in the 1960s during the Metro excavations (Fig. ..."

3. A Manual of the Diagnosis and Treatment of the Diseases of the Eye by Edward Jackson (1907)
"... be removed frequently to instil drops or to cleanse the eye. Mask Protector.—To protect the eye from injury by accidental strokes during sleep, ..."

4. A Manual of diseases of the eye for students and general practitioners by Clarence Archibald Veasey (1903)
"Ring's eye mask. may be placed over the eye in a dry state, or moistened with a weak solution of bichloride of mercury, or a solution of boric acid. ..."

5. Secrets in Stone: Yokes, Hachas and Palmas from Southern Mesoamerica by Edwin M. Shook, Elayne Marquis (1996)
"... tiny drill hole in upper front near top edge. SP. MBT. H. 21cm.;W. 17cm.; T. 3.7 cm. Remarks: eye mask similar to that seen on U45. ..."

6. Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting by American Ophthalmological Society (1876)
"or for the temporary application of iced or other dressings incompatible with the use of the black silk eye-mask or coquilles. In cases of retinal, neural, ..."

7. Through the Yukon and Alaska by Thomas Arthur Rickard (1909)
"The natives wear wooden spectacles or a wooden eye-mask, with a slit for each eye, to guard against snow-blindness. If blinded by the glare of snow, ..."

8. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1866)
"... ensee of granular ophthalmia, inserted between the affected lids and ball of the eye mask я made of glass and of the ..."

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