WALLEYED


Meaning of WALLEYED in English

-īd adjective

Etymology: by folk etymology (influence of wall ) (I) from Middle English wawil-eghed, part translation of Old Norse vagl-eygr walleyed, from vagl beam, roost, beam in the eye + eygr, eygthr eyed; akin to Old Norse vega to move, carry, lift — more at weigh

1.

a. : having very light gray or whitish eyes

a walleyed horse

b. : having the eyes directed outward : affected with a divergent squint

the operation turned him from cross-eyed to walleyed

2. : affected with leucoma

3. : marked by a wild irrational staring of the eyes

flailed away in walleyed fear — Time

had a walleyed fit — Ross Santee

4. : having an oblique uncertain appearance or character

walleyed … foreign policy — New Yorker

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.