sandblind
Half-blind; partially blind.
[T]hree of the boys, of whom Mr. Hector was sometimes one, used to come in the morning as his humble attendants, and carry him [Johnson] to school. […] The purfly, sand-blind lubber and blubber, with his open mouth, and face of bruised honeycomb; yet already dominant, imperial, irresistible!
Dim-sighted.
O heauens, this is my true begotten Father, who being more then sand-blinde, high grauel blinde, knows me not, I will trie confusions with him.
Where it comes from
From Middle English sandblynde, alteration (due to association with sand) of *samblynde (“half-blind”), from Old English *sāmblind (“half-blind”), from sam- (“half-”) + blind (“blind”).
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry sandblind (CC BY-SA 4.0).