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.
&fist; 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. (Zoöl.) (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.
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.
&fist; 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. (Zoöl.) (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.