boss-eyed, a. dial. and slang.
[Cf. boss v.3, boss-shot.]
Having only one good eye; squint-eyed, cross-eyed. Also fig. oblique, crooked, one-sided.
| 1860 Hotten Dict. Slang (ed. 2). 1882 Chamberlain W. Worc. Gloss., Boss-eyed, squinting. 1890 [see boss-shot]. 1898 Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v., The horse shied and we ran up against the gate-post, and knocked the step of the cart all boss-eyed. 1959 I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xi. 214 It is unlucky for a cross-eyed woman to look at you... When somebody who is boss-eyed goes by you spit on the ground. |