26 April 2018
kohl
[kohl]
noun
1. a powder, as finely powdered antimony sulfide, used as a cosmetic to darken the eyelids, eyebrows, etc.
Origin of kohl
Arabic
1790-1800; < Arabic kohl, variant of kuhl. See alcohol
Can be confused
coal, koel, kohl.
Examples from the Web for kohl
Contemporary Examples
Her eyes were exaggerated with thick lines of kohl reaching all the way to her temples.
Nepal Old and New: Kathmandu Valley’s Royal Cities Get a Facelift
Condé Nast Traveler
August 19, 2013
Earlier this month, Ryan wore a $70 printed dress from kohl ‘s when Ryan’s candidacy was announced.
Janna Ryan’s Discount Style: Two Talbots Dresses at The Republican National Convention
Isabel Wilkinson
August 31, 2012
Touches of individuality make a fleeting impression—a dash of kohl and turquoise on a heavily cloaked face.
Afghan Women Fear Backsliding As President Karzai Negotiates With Taliban
Magsie Hamilton-Little
February 19, 2012
Merkel first broke kohl ‘s promise in May 2010, with the first $150 billion bailout of Greece.
Is Europe’s Troubled Marriage Doomed?
Stefan Theil
November 6, 2011
His eyes were black with kohl, the nightcolored cosmetic that Taliban soldiers wore.
When Everything Changed
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
March 11, 2011
Historical Examples
Her lustrous eyes, heavy with kohl, shone like those of a beast at bay.
Halima And The Scorpions
Robert Hichens
Mr kohl commences his work with a description of the Islands.
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 374, December, 1846
Various
Surely, Mr kohl, you do not speak from knowledge of the fact!
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 374, December, 1846
Various
If you do not approve of their fashions in dress, I suppose that you will adopt their kohl for the eyes.
Letters to an Unknown
Prosper Mrime
Take your pencils and your kohl, and make me dark and tanned as a true Syrian!
God Wills It!
William Stearns Davis
Today’s quote
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
– Marcus Aurelius
On this day
26 April 121AD – birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor. Died 17 March 180AD.
26 April 1865 – Union troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, the man who fired the fatal bullet on 14 April 1865 that assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
26 April 1894 – birth of Rudolf Hess. Prominent Nazi politician who served as Deputy Fuhrer under Adolf Hitler. In 1941, Hess flew solo to Scotland in an effort to negotiate peace after being ignored by Hitler in various plans associated with the war. The flight was not sanctioned by Hitler. Hess was taken prisoner and charged with crimes against peace. He served a life sentence and remained in prison until his death. Died 17 August 1987.
26 April 1945 – birth of Dick Johnson, Australian racing car legend. Five-time Australian Touring Car Champion, three-time winner of the Bathurst 1000, inducted into the V8 Supercar Hall of Fame in 2001.
26 April 1986 – the Chernobyl nuclear disaster when an explosion and fire at the No 4 reactor in the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine, releases radioactive gas across Northern Europe. It is estimated to have killed up to 1 million people from radioactive related cancers.
26 April 1989 – the deadliest tornado in world history strikes Central Bangladesh, killing more than 1300, injuring 12,000 and leaving up to 80,000 homeless.