Defn: Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color. Booth.
Note: Shakespeare, in using wall-eyed as a term of reproach (as "wall-eyed rage," a "wall-eyed wretch"), alludes probably to the idea of unnatural or distorted vision. See the Note under Wall-eye. It is an eye which is utterly and incurably perverted, an eye that knows no pity.
WALLFLOWER
Wall"flow`er, n.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A perennial, cruciferous plant (Cheiranthus Cheiri), with sweet-scented flowers varying in color from yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on old walls.
Note: The name is sometimes extended to other species of Cheiranthus and of the related genus Erysimum, especially the American Western wallflower (Erysimum asperum), a biennial herb with orange-yellow flowers.
2. A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not asked to dance, remains a spectator. [Colloq.]
WALLHICK
Wall"hick`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor). [Prov. Eng.]
WALLING
Wall"ing, n.