kohl

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

kohl
    n 1: a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to
         darken the edges of their eyelids

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]