I can do a cross-eye and my friends want me to teach them how to. From Wordnik.com. [Little Quirks] Reference
Let's hope that -one- in the middle dosent turn you into a cross-eye jerk. From Wordnik.com. ["Lots of folks are wearing those 2009 glasses, and I suddenly realize that this is the last year for the 00 glasses."] Reference
For those you will need to learn to freeview or to get another type of viewer such as the kind available here, or you may wish to convert the views from parallel or cross-eye format into anaglyphs using either a viewer option such as DepthCharge or a fully functional program such as Anabuilder. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Brian:] Reference
And the merciful instrument was even she of the cross-eye. From Wordnik.com. [Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches] Reference
I think a literal cross-eye viewing might be medically impossible. From Wordnik.com. [MetaFilter Projects] Reference
Miss Musgrove's face was wholesome, and so kindly that not even a cross-eye had power to spoil it. From Wordnik.com. [Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches] Reference
We knew a boy whose cross-eye had been turned straight at the hospital, so I did not worry about my lack of tact. From Wordnik.com. [The Rising of the Moon]
The eyes were painted about twice life-size -- some rolled up, some canted down, some squintin 'sideways, and a lot was just cross-eye. From Wordnik.com. [Shorty McCabe] Reference
Kristen Zeller and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Peterson perform surgery to correct strabismus, or cross-eye, on an eight-month-old Nicaraguan infant. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
For those who don't have any Stereo3D display systems (including glasses), and who don't want to learn to manipulate their eyeballs (parallel or cross-eye), this is a quick way to give the. From Wordnik.com. [VideoHelp.com Forum] Reference
By neglecting this rule, an unnatural and permanent contraction of the muscle is liable to be produced, as is illustrated in the numerous instances of strabismus, or cross-eye, which are every where too common. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes] Reference
His ugliness was embittered somewhat by sunken, toothless jaws and an enigmatical stare from a cross-eye; he was also knock-kneed, and as an erstwhile gunpowder worker, had lost two fingers and a large part of one ear. From Wordnik.com. [Across China on Foot] Reference
I wonder, my dear, you don't go and consult him about that there cross-eye of yours. ". From Wordnik.com. [Wandering Heath] Reference
"Why, I remember that boy - a snivelling little Cockney guttersnipe with a cross-eye ... nothing like you!. From Wordnik.com. [Watershed] Reference
A special contraction of one or more muscles of the eyeball which produces either a "cross-eye," when the contraction is convergent, or. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
'im lose' is pronouns wuss 'n a cross-eye. From Wordnik.com. [Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches] Reference
"cross-eye.". From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Backwoods] Reference
Should the baby entertain you with a passionate squall for an hour or two, vow that it is "a charming child" -- "a sweet pet" -- "a dear, pretty, little creature," &c. &c. Call red hair auburn, and "a sweet, uncommon colour;" a squint, or cross-eye, think "an agreeable expression;" maintain that an ugly child is extremely handsome, and the image either of one or other of its parents, or of its handsomest, wealthiest, or most aristocratic relations. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 494, June 18, 1831] Reference
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