Meaning

2 senses
  1. An eye affected by strabismus.

  2. The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.

Origin

From cock + eye. See cock (“to turn up”).

From cock + eye. See cock (“to turn up”).

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Forms

plural: cockeyes

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcockeyed

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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