aurilave

English

Noun

aurilave (plural aurilaves)

1. An instrument for cleansing the ear, consisting of a small piece of sponge on an ivory or bone handle.
2. An ear-brush.
   • 1879, ?, The American Journal of Otology:

     The patient also has used for some time an aurilave, with which he has swabbed his ear until he has packed the canal with debris of ear-wax