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waldeneie
† waldeneie Obs. rare—1. [app. an alteration of wald-eye, wall-eye, influenced by *walden repr. OE. ᵹewealden small. Cf. wolden-eȝed a.] An alleged name of the hare.13.. Names of Hare in MS. Digby 86, fol. 168 b, Þe purblinde..þe waldeneie, þe sidlokere.
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wolden-eiȝed
† wolden-eiȝed, a. Obs. rare—1. [App. an alteration of wald-eiȝed wall-eyed a., due to the influence of ME. *walden, OE. ᵹewealden small. Cf. waldeneie.] ? = wall-eyed a.13.. K. Alis. 5274 (Laud MS.) Alle wolden-eiȝed hij [sc. the Albanians] beeþ By niȝth als a Catt hij seeþ.
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roulekere
† roulekere Obs.—1 A name for the hare. Perhaps for rou-lokere, but lekere occurs below.13.. MS. Digby 86 fol. 168 b, Þe westlokere, Þe waldeneie, þe sid-lokere, And eke þe roulekere.
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side-look
ˈside-look [side n.1] An oblique look; a side-glance. Also fig.1705 Steele Tender Husb. iv. i, That Side-look hides the Mole on the left Cheek. 1820 Syd. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 316 In that straight line he went on for fifty years, without one side-look. 1880 Blackmore Mary Anerley xli, With a side-loo...
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wall-eyed
wall-eyed, a. (ˈwɔːlˌaɪd) Forms: α. 5 wawil-, waugle-, 6 whaule-, 7 whale-, 6– wall-eyed; β. 5 wald-eȝed. [The surviving form descends from ME. wawil-eȝed, a. ON. vagl-eyg-r, occurring only once, and explained in the context to mean ‘having speckled eyes’. The second element, -eygr, is regularly f. ...
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wall-eye
wall eye, wall-eye (ˈwɔːlˈaɪ, ˈwɔːlaɪ) Also 6 walowe yee, whal eie, 7 whall, waled eye, 20 walleye. [Back-formation from wall-eyed a. In sense 1 pronounced with level stress, the first element being apprehended as an adj.] 1. An eye the iris of which is whitish, streaked, particoloured, or different...
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