Sc. In 7 pl. stymeis. [? f. STYME v. + -IE.] One who does not see well.
1616. in Pitcairn’s Crim. Trials (Bannatyne Club), III. II. 588. Gif those howlattis and stymeis [i.e., the courtiers] war schote away.
1808. Jamieson, s.v. Styme v., It also denotes the aukward motions of one who does not see well. Hence a person of this description is vulgarly called a blind stymie.
