wall-eye

1. n. An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; -- said usually of horses. Source: opted

2. n. An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion vitreum) having large and prominent eyes; -- called also glasseye, pike perch, yellow pike, and wall-eyed perch. Source: opted

3. n. A California surf fish (Holconotus argenteus). Source: opted

4. n. The alewife; -- called also wall-eyed herring. Source: opted

5. 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. (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. Source: webster

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