swivel eyen.

Brit.

/ˈswɪvl ʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈswɪvəl ˌaɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: swivel n., eye n.¹

Etymology: < swivel n. + eye n.¹ Compare slightly earlier swivel-eyed adj.

colloquial.

An eye which points in a different direction from the other, a squinting eye; (later also) an eye that is swivelling in its socket. Also as a nickname. Cf. swivel-eyed adj.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > squinting or cross-eyes > squinting eye

walleye1526

cockeye1738

swivel eye1765

gimlet-eye1825

squinter1873

1765 S. Cibber Let. 3 Oct. in D. Garrick Private Corr. (1831) (modernized text) I. 201 I hope you remember that I have lost poor little swivel-eye, that was blind, and also that you promised me a dog that could see.

1770 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer I. i. 25 The goddess with the swivel eye Began to make this grave reply.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. ii. xii. 267 She found herself possessed of what is colloquially termed a swivel eye... She was not otherwise positively ill-looking.

1896 A. D. Coleridge Eton in Forties (1898) 174 He glared with his swivel eye at the congregation.

1940 ‘E. M. Delafield’ Provinc. Lady in Wartime (1998) 391 She is..a Mrs. Wimbush, and she has a swivel eye.

2005 Times 5 Mar. 26/1 Two moody looking bouncers with swivel eyes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	swivel eye
释义	swivel eyen. Brit. /ˈswɪvl ʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈswɪvəl ˌaɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: swivel n., eye n.¹ Etymology: < swivel n. + eye n.¹ Compare slightly earlier swivel-eyed adj. colloquial. An eye which points in a different direction from the other, a squinting eye; (later also) an eye that is swivelling in its socket. Also as a nickname. Cf. swivel-eyed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > squinting or cross-eyes > squinting eye walleye1526 cockeye1738 swivel eye1765 gimlet-eye1825 squinter1873 1765 S. Cibber Let. 3 Oct. in D. Garrick Private Corr. (1831) (modernized text) I. 201 I hope you remember that I have lost poor little swivel-eye, that was blind, and also that you promised me a dog that could see. 1770 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer I. i. 25 The goddess with the swivel eye Began to make this grave reply. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. ii. xii. 267 She found herself possessed of what is colloquially termed a swivel eye... She was not otherwise positively ill-looking. 1896 A. D. Coleridge Eton in Forties (1898) 174 He glared with his swivel eye at the congregation. 1940 ‘E. M. Delafield’ Provinc. Lady in Wartime (1998) 391 She is..a Mrs. Wimbush, and she has a swivel eye. 2005 Times 5 Mar. 26/1 Two moody looking bouncers with swivel eyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1765
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