blear eye

English

Etymology

blear +‎ eye

Noun

blear eye (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A disease of the eyelids, involving chronic inflammation of the margins, with a gummy secretion of sebaceous matter.
    • [1839, Robley Dunglison, “LIPPITUDO”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., OCLC 6188056, page 362:
      LIPPITU′DO, Ophthal′mia chron′ica of some. Lippitude, Blear eye, Lappa, Lipa, Xerophthal′mia, Lema, Lemē, Glama, Gramia.]

References
  • bleareye in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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