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whally en · ADJ
Pronunciation
/ˈwɔːlɪ/
/ˈʍɔːlɪ/
Meanings
(obsolete, possibly) Having a light-coloured iris of the eye.
And next to him rode lustfull Lechery,
Vpon a bearded Goat, whose rugged haire,
And whally eyes (the signe of gelosy) […] 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Yet he with whally eyes and shaggy beard 1627(?), Richard Niccols, The beggers ape, page 14
One of her eyes was whally, the other was inscrutable. 1970 [????], Henry Williamson, Collected Nature Stories, page 206: