To strain or roll the eyes in a squinting, blinking, or staring way; roll about staringly, as the eyes.To roll or shake about loosely.To roll (the eyes) about blinkingly and staringly.n. A strained, blinking, or squinting rolling of the eye.n. plural An instrument worn like spectacles, with plain or colored glasses fixed in short tubes spreading at the base over the eyes, for their protection from cold, dust, sparks, etc., or from too great intensity of light, or so contrived as to direct the eyes straight forward, in order to cure squinting.n. Spectacles.n. Blinds for horses that are apt to take fright.To swallow; gobble.n. plural A parasitic disease of sheep, caused by the presence of a bladder-worm in the brain which causes dizziness, staggering gait, walking in a circle, spasms, and convulsions. Also called staggers, gid, and turnsick.n. The garden gooseberry, Ribes Grossularia.