adj. phr. (colloquial).—1.  Having eyes with an undue proportion of white; ‘all white like a plastered wall’ (GROSE): hence (2) = glaring, fierce, threatening. Any work irregularly or ill done is called a WALL-EYED job. It is applied also to any very irregular action.

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  1580.  BARET, An Alvearie, or Triple Dictionarie in English, Latin, and French. A horse with a WALL-EYE, glauciolus.

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  1596.  SHAKESPEARE, King John, iv. 3. 49.

                This is … the vilest stroke
That ever WALL-EY’D wrath, or staring rage,
Presented to the tears of soft remorse.

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  1600.  JONSON, Cynthia’s Revels, v. 2. A pair of WALL-EYES in a face forced.

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  1766.  GOLDSMITH, The Vicar of Wakefield, x. Blackberry was WALL-EYED, and the colt wanted a tail.

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