gimlet-eyed

== English == === Adjective === gimlet-eyed (comparative more gimlet-eyed, superlative most gimlet-eyed) Having a squint. Having eyes which are in constant motion; shifty-eyed. Having piercing eyes, sharp-sighted. 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley 'D—n her gooseberry wig,' said the corporal, when she was out of hearing, 'that gimlet-eyed jade—mother adjutant, as we call her—is a greater plague to the regiment than provost-marshal, ... Having keen vision. ==== Synonyms ==== (having a squint): squint-eyed ==== Translations ==== ==== References ====