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The Collaborative International Dictionary
cross-eye

cross-eye \cross-eye\ adj. convergent strabismus; a disorder in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose rather than directly at the object of vision; crossed eyes.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
cross-eye

also crosseye, 1770 (implied in cross-eyed), from cross- + eye.

Wiktionary
cross-eye

n. A form of strabismus in which the eyes converge; esotropia

WordNet
cross-eye

n. strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose [syn: crossed eye, convergent strabismus, esotropia]

Usage examples of "cross-eye".

What is the matter with us, that we are letting the likes of this Pompey Cross-eyes put his uncouth arse on a senatorial stool?

There was that pillar I'd found right next to the oak tree great-grandfather had planted—Old Cross-eyes I'd called him, and Fallon bad been very pleased, but I mustn't let Jack Edgecombe near him.