Wall-eye \Wall"-eye`\, n. [See Wall-eyed.]
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1. An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or
whitish color; -- said usually of horses. --Booth.
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Note: Jonson has defined wall-eye to be "a disease in the
crystalline humor of the eye; glaucoma." But glaucoma
is not a disease of the crystalline humor, nor is
wall-eye a disease at all, but merely a natural
blemish. --Tully. In the north of England, as Brockett
states, persons are said to be wall-eyed when the white
of the eye is very large and distorted, or on one side.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion
vitreum) having large and prominent eyes; -- called
also glasseye, pike perch, yellow pike, and
wall-eyed perch.
(b) A California surf fish (Holconotus argenteus).
(c) The alewife; -- called also wall-eyed herring.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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38 Moby Thesaurus words for "walleye":
amaurosis, blepharitis, bug-eyes, cast, cataract, choroiditis,
cockeyes, conjunctivitis, convergent strabismus, cross-eye,
cross-eyedness, cross-eyes, defective vision, detached retina,
esotropia, exotropia, eye defect, glaucoma, goggle eyes,
gutta serena, heterotropia, iritis, keratitis, optic neuritis,
pink eye, popeyes, retinoblastoma, saucer eyes, squinch, squint,
squint eyes, strabismus, sty, swivel eyes, trachoma,
upward strabismus, uveitis, walleyes
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Wall-eye \Wall"-eye`\, n. [See Wall-eyed.]
1. An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or
whitish color; -- said usually of horses. --Booth.
Note: Jonson has defined wall-eye to be ``a disease in the
crystalline humor of the eye; glaucoma.'' But glaucoma
is not a disease of the crystalline humor, nor is
wall-eye a disease at all, but merely a natural
blemish. --Tully. In the north of England, as Brockett
states, persons are said to be wall-eyed when the white
of the eye is very large and distorted, or on one side.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion
vitreum) having large and prominent eyes; -- called
also glasseye, pike perch, yellow pike, and
wall-eyed perch.
(b) A California surf fish (Holconotus argenteus).
(c) The alewife; -- called also wall-eyed herring.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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