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单词 peep of day
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peep of dayn.adj.

Brit. /ˌpiːp əv ˈdeɪ/, U.S. /ˌpip ə(v) ˈdeɪ/
Forms: see peep n.2 and of prep. and day n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: peep n.2, of prep., day n.
Etymology: < peep n.2 + of prep. + day n. Compare Middle French pipe du jour (1530 in Palsgrave: see quot. 1530 at sense A. 1).
A. n.
1. The first appearance of daylight, the earliest dawn. Also figurative. Now chiefly literary.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > dawn > [noun]
aristc825
dawingc900
dayeOE
day-rimOE
day-redOE
mornOE
lightOE
lightingOE
dawning1297
day-rowa1300
grekinga1300
uprista1300
dayninga1325
uprisingc1330
sun arisingc1350
springc1380
springingc1380
day-springa1382
morrowingc1384
dayingc1400
daylighta1425
upspring1471
aurora1483
sky1515
orienta1522
breaking of the day1523
daybreak1530
day-peep1530
morrow dayc1530
peep of the morning1530
prick of the day?1533
morning1535
day-breaking1565
creek1567
sunup1572
breach of the day1579
break of day or morn1584
peep of day1587
uprise1594
dawna1616
day-dawn1616
peep of dawn1751
strike of day1790
skreigh1802
sunbreak1822
day-daw1823
screech1829
dayclean1835
sun dawn1835
first light1838
morning-red1843
piccaninny sun1846
piccaninny daylightc1860
gloaming1873
glooming1877
sparrow-fart1886
crack1887
sun-spring1900
piccaninny dawn1936
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 804/1 At daye pype, a la pipe du jour.]
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1138/1 The morrow.., by the peepe of daie, all the batteries began.
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. H6 Those Maiden showrs, Which, by the peepe of day, doe strew A Baptime o're the flowers.
1695 E. Ravenscroft Canterbury Guests iv. xii. 49 Call to the Hostler, bid him saddle my Horse, and let the Boot-catcher bring up my Boots, I'll begon at peep of Day.
1726 J. Barker Lining of Patch-work Screen 41 He [sc. the Knight] and his Man were extreamly uneasie at what had hapned, and by peep of Day open'd the Door.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ix. 848 Threat'ning that himself Will at the peep of day launch all his barks, And counselling..the gen'ral host to voyage homeward.
a1836 F. L. Mortimer (title) The Peep of Day; or a Series of the earliest religious Instruction the Infant Mind is capable of receiving.
1882 J. Parker Apostolic Life I. 118 The first sacrifice was offered at the very peep of day.
1939 X. Herbert Capricornia (new ed.) ii. 20 The party went on till peep of day.
1998 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 19 Mar. 8 I set out one May morning at peep of day to seek a buck.
2. English regional. Star of Bethlehem, Ornithogalum umbellatum.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > Solomon's seal or star of Bethlehem
whitewort?c1400
Solomon's seal1543
dog's onion1548
white root1548
ornithogalum1562
Our Lady's cowslip1565
St John's seal1567
star of Bethlehem1573
ornithogal1578
field onion1582
Polygonatum1597
star of Bethlehem1629
Ladder to Heaven1640
Star of Naples1722
smilacina1808
seal-wort1837
lady's seal1870
peep of day1882
morning star1890
chinkerinchee1926
1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. 318 Peep-o'-day, same as Betty-go-to-bed-at-noon.
B. adj.
1. Of, relating to, or designating a Protestant organization active in the north of Ireland c1784–95, whose members clashed with Roman Catholic Defenders (see defender n. 5). Esp. in Peep o' Day Boys. Now historical.The name supposedly arose from their practice of breaking into the houses of their Roman Catholic opponents at daybreak in search of arms.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > other specific associations or organizations
Tityre-tu1623
Peep o' Day Boys1780
law society1821
kongsi1839
B'nai B'rith1862
Molly Maguire1867
Kennel Club1874
Ethical Society1877
Kyrle Society1877
Molly1877
Sierra Club1891
subak1897
Workers' Educational Association1905
senior1906
W.E.A.1910
Lions Club1922
godless1927
F.P.A.a1940
Diners' Club1950
amnesty1961
Sealed Knot1971
Greenpeace1972
lions1972
Gaysoc1976
Group of Eight1977
Group of Seven1977
meeja1983
G71986
G81988
society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > societies or associations
levellers1762
Hearts of Steel1771
Peep o' Day Boys1780
Rightboys1786
Brunswick Club1828
Orange Order1828
Young Ireland1843
Land league1881
U.I.L.1901
Noraid1974
U.U.U.C.1974
INLA1979
1780 A. Young Tour Ireland ii. vi. 30 In England we have heard much of whiteboys, steelboys, oakboys, peep-of-day-boys, &c... All but the whiteboys were among the manufacturing protestants in the north.
1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon Concl. 468 The insurgent banditti of Tories, Hearts of Steel, Peep-o'day Boys, White Boys, &c.
1845 S. Smith Fragm. Irish Rom. Catholic Church in Wks. (1859) II. 340/2 A peep-of-day clergyman will no longer preach to a peep-of-day congregation.
1890 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. VII. xxvi. 20 A corps of volunteers which had been originally raised on Peep of Day principles.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. iii. [Proteus] 43 Raw facebones under his peep of day boy's hat.
1996 Sunday Tel. 4 Feb. 31/7 Their ancestors served in informal anti-Catholic militias like the Peep o' Day boys.
2. gen. Of, relating to, or active at the first appearance of daylight. Now rare.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > dawn > [adjective]
auroral1554
aurorean1820
peep of day1821
1821 P. Egan Life in London 190 The peep-o'-day woman of quality, who, night after night, disposes of all her hours of rest in card-parties and routs.
1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 403 Some little ‘peep-o'-day boy’, willing to take the ‘top of the morning’ before the rest of his compeers.
1852 F. E. Smedley Lewis Arundel 612 Always supposing our peep-of-day amusement goes as it should do.
1956 S. H. Bell Erin's Orange Lily ix. 136 One old man..remembered when the earth floors of the ruins around his house were polished by the traffic of feet and the peep-o-day windows were glazed.

Derivatives

peep-of-ˈdayism n.
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1869 Daily News 5 May 5/4 This traditional conspiracy has been called at various times ‘Terryaltism’, ‘Peep-o'-Dayism’, ‘Whiteboyism’, and ‘Ribbonism’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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n.adj.1587
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