Obs. Forms: 4–6 colirie, 4–7 collerie, -ye, ? 5 colorye, 6–7 collyrie, collirie, 7 colery, collyry, colliry. [ad. L. collȳri-um, OF. colire, Pr. colliri, Sp. collirio: see below. The Anglo-Fr. was possibly colli·rië, colle·rië, like glorie, etc.]
1. = COLLYRIUM 1.
1382. Wyclif, Rev. iii. 18. Anoynte thin iȝen with colirie [v.r. coluryo, 1388 a collerie].
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, V. lxx. 636. Pepper is good to be mingled with eye medicines or Collyries.
1631. R. H., Arraignm. Whole Creature, ii. 15. The Collyrie and Eye-salve of his Spirit.
1642. J. Steer, trans. Fabricius’ Exp. Chirurg., xii. 52. Drop into the eyes this following Colery.
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., I. 7. We laid on a Collyry to dry up the weeping moisture.
2. = COLLYRIUM 2.
1616. Surfl. & Markh., Country Farm, 137. To put within the sheath … a Collirie of Honey boyled with Salt.
