glasseye

See also: glass eye

English

Etymology

From glass +‎ eye.

Noun

glasseye (plural glasseyes)

1. A fish, the walleyed pike.
2. A form of blindness in horses in which the eye is bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis.
   • 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse

     Another species of blindness , and of which mention was made when describing the retina , is Gutta Serena , commonly called glass eye. The pupil is more than usually dilated : it is immovable , and bright , and glassy .

References

“glasseye”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• eyeglass