well, the fur-trapper stood there, with his arms outstretched across the  frozen white wasteland, trying to figure out what he was going to do about his deflicted eyes
"portmanteau of "defective" or "defunct", and "afflicted"
"well, the fur-trapper stood there, with his arms outstretched across the  frozen white wasteland, trying to figure out what he was going to do about his deflicted eyes" What is the definition of "deflicted"?