WALL-EYE


Meaning of WALL-EYE in English

n.1 a an eye with a streaked or opaque white iris. b an eye squinting outwards.

2 an American perch, Stizostedion vitreum, with large prominent eyes.

Derivatives:

wall-eyed adj.

Etymology: back-form. f. wall-eyed: ME f. ON vagleygr f. vagl (unrecorded: cf. Icel. vagl film over the eye) + auga EYE

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.