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Definition of Cross-eyed
1. Adjective. Having convergent strabismus.
Definition of Cross-eyed
1. Adjective. (British) Having both eyes oriented inward, especially involuntarily. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cross-eyed
Literary usage of Cross-eyed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life in Danbury: Being a Brief But Comprehensive Record of the Doings of a by James Montgomery Bailey (1873)
"If it was cross-eyed it could not be more uncertain. When it gets a good fair
kick at a man, the spot he occupied looks as if a full oil can had stood there ..."
2. Trukese-English Dictionary =: Pwpwuken Tettenin Fóós, Chuuk-Ingenes by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"proximal cross-board (next to gunwhale) of outrigger platform on paddle canoe.
cross-eyed ... cross-eyed, cock-eyed, ... be cross-eyed. cross-mark ..."
3. Alaska: The Land of Now by Dominic A. Noonan (1921)
"... CAME TO A cross-eyed COUPLE I've heard some doubting Thomas say that first-
sight loves don't chance, That something more is needed than that first, ..."
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