Associations to the word «Kohl»

Wiktionary

KOHL, noun. A dark powder used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries.
KOHL, verb. To decorate one's eyes with kohl or stibnite.

Dictionary definition

KOHL, noun. A cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne