collyrite (kolirit)

[ white color, with shades of gray, red, or yellow. collyrium (ko-lir'i-um), n.; pl. collyria (-a). [L., Demo crit us's collyrium is not so sovereign to the eyes as this is to the heart. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 330. He that took clay and spittle to open the blind eyes, can make anything be collyrium . Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 42. 2. A preparation to blacken or color the eyelids and eyebrows. I will but touch your temples, The corners of your eyes, and tinct the tip, The very tip o' your nose, with this collyrium . B. Jonson, Fortunate Isles. 3. A preparation of medicine in a solid state, made up in a long cylindrical roll so as to be introduced into an opening of the body, as the anus, nostril, etc.; a suppository. colmar1 (kol'mär), n. A sort of pear, so called from the town of Colmar in Alsace.