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Eye. (The practice of painting the eyelids to make the eyes look large, lustrous and languishing is often alluded to in the Old Testament, and still extensively prevails among the women of the East, and especially among the Mohammedans.
Jezebel, in 2 Kings 9:30 is said to have prepared for her meeting with Jehu by painting her face, or, as it reads in the margin, "put her eyes in paint." See also Ezekiel 23:40.
A small probe of wood, ivory or silver is wet with rose-water and dipped in an impalpable black powder, and is then drawn between the lids of the eye nearly closed, and leaves a narrow black border, which is though a great ornament. - Editor).
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Eye'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/e/eye.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Eye'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/e/eye.html. 1901.
