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Strabismus is an eye disorder in which the eyes do not properly ... meaning 'a squinting'. [6] Other terms for the condition include "squint" and "cast of the eye ...
AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...
See also eye dog. In lamb – pregnant. Joining – the placing of rams with ewes for mating (see tupping). Ked, or sheep ked – Melophagus ovinus, a species of louse-fly, a nearly flightless biting fly infesting sheep. Kemp – a short, white, hollow, hairy fibre usually found about the head and legs of sheep.
A Turkish nazar boncuğu Eye beads or nazars – amulets against the evil eye – for sale in a shop. An eye bead or naẓar (from Arabic نَظَر , meaning 'sight', 'surveillance', 'attention', and other related concepts) is an eye-shaped amulet believed by many to protect against the evil eye.
Turning a blind eye is an idiom describing the ignoring of undesirable information. The Oxford English Dictionary records usage of the phrase in 1698. [1] The phrase to turn a blind eye is often associated with Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801.
References A ace Slang for the drug acepromazine or acetyl promazine (trade names Atravet or Acezine), which is a sedative : 3 commonly used on horses during veterinary treatment, but also illegal in the show ring. Also abbreviated ACP. action The way a horse elevates its legs, knees, hock, and feet. : 3 Also includes how the horse uses its shoulder, humerus, elbow, and stifle; most often used ...
Cast: A horse situated on its side or back, and wedged in the starting stalls, such that it cannot get up. [2] Cast a plate: Lost a racing plate. Ch.: An abbreviation for a chestnut horse, as it appears in race books, pedigrees and stud books. Chaff bandit: a derogatory term for a horse with little hope of winning; as in "stealing" its food.
Cast iron, a group of iron-carbon alloys; Cast (geology), a cavity formed by decomposition that once were covered by a casing material; Cast, visible piles of mineral-rich organic matter excreted above ground by earthworms; Cast of the eye, a condition in which the eyes do not properly align with each other when looking at an object