[ noun ] a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids <noun.artifact>
Kohl \Kohl\, n. [See {Alcohol}.] A mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by Egyptian and other Eastern women to darken the edges of the eyelids.
Yabaya's possessions included gold needles, a bronze mirror with its enamel handle encrusted with precious stones, and tiny tongs for applying kohl, a dark eye makeup, the paper said.