מַכְחוֹל, (כָּחַל) staff used for painting the eye. Kel. XIII, 2 מ׳ שניטל הכף a painting staff the spoon-shaped side of which is broken off; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. III, 5, v. זָכָר. Snh. 68ᵃ כמ׳ בשפופרת; Cant. R. to I, 3, v. זַכְרוּת a. חָסַר. B. Mets. 91ᵃ כמ׳ בשפופרת as the painting stick is inserted in the tube; Macc. 7ᵃ; a. e.