His eyes wash warm

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A weight pushes on his chest. He breathes in, sips the strong filter coffee and puts it back on the table. He stares at the plant's two-toned leaves, vivid against the ebony wood.
'William?'
His eyes wash warm. 'I've left her.'

(From A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe, Part IV Midnight Choir, scene 50)

What does the sentence in bold mean? Is it an idiom?
 
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