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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread eyebright #148068 09/20/2005 2:14 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky This word appears (as a noun) as a definition of a word on a certain site of "worthless words" I have seen eye-brightener, but never eyebright. Is it common anywhere, perhaps in some other English-speaking country? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: eyebright #148069 09/20/2005 3:09 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass http://images.google.com/images?q=eyebright&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: eyebright #148070 09/20/2005 6:45 PM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 87 Ohio vanguard journeyman vanguard journeyman Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 87 Ohio tsuwm got there first, but I was going to say that I know of it as an herbal remedy, for, of all things, eyes. Don't know how it is in terms of efficacy but remember it from working in a health food co-op. What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? -Ursula K. Le Guin, author (1929- ) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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