glasseye

noun — 2 senses

glasseye

noun

Etymology From glass + eye.

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 .

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