aurilave

English edit

aurilave (plural aurilaves)

An instrument for cleansing the ear, consisting of a small piece of sponge on an ivory or bone handle.
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