noun. A cosmetic preparation, such as powdered antimony sulfide, used especially in the Middle East to darken the rims of the eyelids.

noun. A powder used in the East from time immemorial in the toilet, to darken the orbits of the eyes, etc., properly consisting of finely comminuted antimony.

noun. A mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by Egyptian and other Eastern women to darken the edges of the eyelids.

noun. A dark powder used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries.

verb. To decorate one's eyes with kohl or stibnite.

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

"Antimony is still used for the purpose in Arabia and in Persia, but in Egypt the kohl is a root produced by burning either a kind of frankincense or the shells of almonds."