gape-seedn.

/ˈɡeɪpˌsiːd/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s gaping seed, 1600s gapes-seed.

Etymology: < gape n. or gape v. + seed n.

1. In sarcastic phrases to seek, buy, or sow gape-seed: to stare gapingly at a fair or market, instead of transacting useful business.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > stare or gaze

stareOE

gawc1175

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porec1300

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glowc1374

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gazec1386

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glopc1400

govec1480

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gowk1513

daze1523

amuse1532

glew1587

to feed one's eyes1590

to seek, buy, or sow gape-seed1598

to shoot one's eyes1602

glazea1616

stargaze1639

gaum1691

to stare like a stuck pig1702

ygaze1737

gawk1785

to feed one's sight1813

gloze1853

glow1856

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To go idly loytring vp and downe as we say, to go seeking for a halfepenie worth of gaping seede.

1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will in Wks. (Grosart) VI. 144 If a fellow..Should all his life time go from faire to faire, And buy gape-seede, hauing no businesse else.

1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. xiv. 195 They sow but gape-seed, which, if well husbanded, yeilds them a goodly crop of wonders.

1694 W. Winstanley Poor Robin sig. B3^v And by that means..They for their Gapes-seed do pay dear.

1779 Koran i. xl, in Sterne's Wks. (Dublin) VI. 81 The nine days wonder had sown its gape-seed long before. The novelty grew stale.

1856 Notes & Queries 2nd Ser. 1 362 Plenty of persons were ‘sowing gape seed’ at them.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (at cited word) ‘She's gone to Brigg Stattus to saw gape-seed.’

a. Something stared at by a gaping crowd; also, the act of staring with open mouth.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > thing gazed or stared at

gaze1542

gazing1548

gauring-stock1559

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gape-seed1699

stare1753

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > stare or gaze

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gaze1566

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gloze1654

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glower1715

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death stare1818

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gape-seed1852

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Gape-seed, whatever the gazing Crowd idly stares and gapes after; as Puppet-shows, [etc.] any thing to feed the eye.

1725 in New Canting Dict.

1852 Q. Rev. Mar. 431 When was gapeseed ever too gross for gulping asinine cockney curiosity?

1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind vii. 55 The National Gallery well gone through, and not treated as gape-seed, is a key to volumes of art.

1879 Times 29 May Of the French team, Rayon d'Or came in for the most gapeseed.

b. One who stares with open mouth.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > starer or gazer

gazer1548

starer1600

gogglea1625

stare-about1631

gapera1637

gloater1659

ogler1692

gilly-gaupus?1719

gape-seed1885

gongoozler1904

gawker1951

gawper1965

1885 Sportsman 23 June 2/4 (Farmer) The ring was surrounded by a fairly strong crowd of gapeseeds.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	gape-seed
释义	gape-seedn. /ˈɡeɪpˌsiːd/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s gaping seed, 1600s gapes-seed. Etymology: < gape n. or gape v. + seed n. 1. In sarcastic phrases to seek, buy, or sow gape-seed: to stare gapingly at a fair or market, instead of transacting useful business. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > stare or gaze stareOE gawc1175 darea1225 porec1300 muse1340 glowc1374 gogglec1380 gazec1386 glore?a1400 glopc1400 govec1480 glower?a1513 gowk1513 daze1523 amuse1532 glew1587 to feed one's eyes1590 to seek, buy, or sow gape-seed1598 to shoot one's eyes1602 glazea1616 stargaze1639 gaum1691 to stare like a stuck pig1702 ygaze1737 gawk1785 to feed one's sight1813 gloze1853 glow1856 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To go idly loytring vp and downe as we say, to go seeking for a halfepenie worth of gaping seede. 1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will in Wks. (Grosart) VI. 144 If a fellow..Should all his life time go from faire to faire, And buy gape-seede, hauing no businesse else. 1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. xiv. 195 They sow but gape-seed, which, if well husbanded, yeilds them a goodly crop of wonders. 1694 W. Winstanley Poor Robin sig. B3^v And by that means..They for their Gapes-seed do pay dear. 1779 Koran i. xl, in Sterne's Wks. (Dublin) VI. 81 The nine days wonder had sown its gape-seed long before. The novelty grew stale. 1856 Notes & Queries 2nd Ser. 1 362 Plenty of persons were ‘sowing gape seed’ at them. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (at cited word) ‘She's gone to Brigg Stattus to saw gape-seed.’ 2. a. Something stared at by a gaping crowd; also, the act of staring with open mouth. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > thing gazed or stared at gaze1542 gazing1548 gauring-stock1559 eyemark1595 gape-seed1699 stare1753 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > stare or gaze stare1553 gaze1566 goggle1651 gloze1654 gape1660 glower1715 dead set1781 death stare1818 death glare1819 eyeful1847 gape-seed1852 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Gape-seed, whatever the gazing Crowd idly stares and gapes after; as Puppet-shows, [etc.] any thing to feed the eye. 1725 in New Canting Dict. 1852 Q. Rev. Mar. 431 When was gapeseed ever too gross for gulping asinine cockney curiosity? 1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind vii. 55 The National Gallery well gone through, and not treated as gape-seed, is a key to volumes of art. 1879 Times 29 May Of the French team, Rayon d'Or came in for the most gapeseed. b. One who stares with open mouth. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > starer or gazer gazer1548 starer1600 gogglea1625 stare-about1631 gapera1637 gloater1659 ogler1692 gilly-gaupus?1719 gape-seed1885 gongoozler1904 gawker1951 gawper1965 1885 Sportsman 23 June 2/4 (Farmer) The ring was surrounded by a fairly strong crowd of gapeseeds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1598
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