† twiren.¹

Forms: Also 1600s tweer.

Etymology: < twire v.¹

Obsolete slang.

A glance, a leer.

ΘΚΠ

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

eie wurpc950

laitc1175

looka1200

lecha1250

sightc1275

insighta1375

blushc1390

castc1400

glentc1400

blenkc1440

regardc1450

ray1531

beam of sight1579

eye-beam1583

eyewink1591

blink1594

aspecta1616

benda1616

eyeshot1615

eye-casta1669

twire1676

ken1736

Magdalene-look1752

glimmering1759

deek1833

wink1847

deck1853

vision1855

pipe1865

skeg1876

dekko1894

screw1904

slant1911

gander1914

squiz1916

butcher's hook1934

butcher's1936

gawk1940

bo-peep1941

nose1976

1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iii. iii. 46 The Affected smiles, the silly by-Words, and Amorous Tweers, in passing.

1679 A. Behn Feign'd Curtizans i. ii. 7 Such an Eye! so sparkling, with an Amorous twire.

1682 A. Behn False Count i. ii. 8 Winks, and Nods, and Signes, and Twires.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 74 You toss a twire a grin.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† twiren.²

Obsolete rare^—1.

(See quot. a1704; but perhaps only a misprint for twirl.)

ΚΠ

a1704 J. Locke Observ. Growth Vines (1766) 71 They put the cocons in hot water, and so stirring them about with a kind of rod, the ends of the silk twires of the cocons stick to it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

twirev.¹

/twʌɪə/

Forms: 1600s twyre, 1600s– tweer, twire.

Etymology: Of obscure origin, but corresponding in form to Middle High German zwieren (now Bavarian dialect) to blink, to peer. There is probably no connection with the cant word tower, towre, toure, given by Harman (1567) in his Caveat (1869) 84–6, and copied by Dekker and later writers.

archaic and dialect.

1. intransitive. To look narrowly or covertly; to peer; to peep. Also figurative of a light, etc.

ΘΚΠ

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

beak?c1225

toot?c1225

prya1350

peekc1390

touta1400

keekc1405

peepa1500

outpeep1600

twire1602

teet1710

underpeep1827

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iv. sig. G4 I sawe a thing stir vnder a hedge, and I peep't, and I spyed a thing: and I peer'd, and I tweerd vnderneath.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxviii. sig. C2^v When sparkling stars twire not thou guil[d]'st th'eauen.

a1625 J. Fletcher Women Pleas'd iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeeeee3/2 I saw the wench that twir'd and twinkled at thee, The other day.

a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. iii. 17 in Wks. (1640) III The common Parent of us all! Which Maids will twire at, 'tween their fingers.

1723 R. Steele Conscious Lovers i. i If I was rich, I could twire and loll as well as the best of them.

1874 Swinburne Midsummer Holiday, etc. (1889) 19 Star by star on the unsunned waters twiring down.

1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. (at cited word) ‘How he did twire an' twire at she, an' her wouldn't so much as gie 'un a look!’

†2. intransitive. Used in sense ‘to wink’. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [verb (intransitive)] > move eyes > wink or blink

twinklea1300

prinkc1330

winka1400

twinkc1400

wapper1575

pimper1600

twire1601

hoodwink1641

connive1712

nictate1755

bat1838

blink1858

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xxxvii. 334 So hard a matter is it for a man to keepe his eies from twiring. And many men naturally cannot chuse but be evermore winking and twinckling with their eies.

Derivatives

ˈtwiring n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [adjective] > peeping

twiring1604

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > peeping

tooting?1553

pinking1608

peeking1637

twiring1728

out-peeping1818

1604 T. Middleton Ant & Nightingale sig. F3^v The Tweiring Constable of Finsbury with his bench of of [sic] browne bilmen.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiii. 217 The Sunne..with a feruent eye lookes through the twyring glades.

1638 W. Lisle tr. Heliodorus Hist. x. 172 The Wiseman lookt on King with twiring eyes.

1728 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 175 We had ogling and tweering [printed tweezing], and whispering and glancing.

1738 The Briton Described 13 And then for her Eyes, they are excellent at twiring.

a1832 Motherwell Facts fr. Fairyland ii By the winking light of the tweering star.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

† twirev.²

Obsolete. rare^—1.

(Perhaps a misprint for twirl v.¹ 3.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > twist spirally

writheOE

wethe1398

wind1398

withe1398

turna1450

cralla1475

twirk1599

twirla1625

twire1628

twist1714

wisp1753

twistle1788

twizzle1788

screw1834

twistify1835

1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) iii. ii. iii. 490 No sooner doth a young man see his sweetheart coming, but he..slickes his haire, twires his beard, &c.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

n.¹1676

n.²a1704

v.¹1601

v.²1628

单词	twire
释义	† twiren.¹ Forms: Also 1600s tweer. Etymology: < twire v.¹ Obsolete slang. A glance, a leer. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] eie wurpc950 laitc1175 looka1200 lecha1250 sightc1275 insighta1375 blushc1390 castc1400 glentc1400 blenkc1440 regardc1450 ray1531 view1546 beam of sight1579 eye-beam1583 eyewink1591 blink1594 aspecta1616 benda1616 eyeshot1615 eye-casta1669 twire1676 ken1736 Magdalene-look1752 glimmering1759 deek1833 wink1847 deck1853 vision1855 pipe1865 skeg1876 dekko1894 screw1904 slant1911 gander1914 squiz1916 butcher's hook1934 butcher's1936 gawk1940 bo-peep1941 nose1976 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iii. iii. 46 The Affected smiles, the silly by-Words, and Amorous Tweers, in passing. 1679 A. Behn Feign'd Curtizans i. ii. 7 Such an Eye! so sparkling, with an Amorous twire. 1682 A. Behn False Count i. ii. 8 Winks, and Nods, and Signes, and Twires. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 74 You toss a twire a grin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † twiren.² Obsolete rare^—1. (See quot. a1704; but perhaps only a misprint for twirl.) ΚΠ a1704 J. Locke Observ. Growth Vines (1766) 71 They put the cocons in hot water, and so stirring them about with a kind of rod, the ends of the silk twires of the cocons stick to it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018). twirev.¹ /twʌɪə/ Forms: 1600s twyre, 1600s– tweer, twire. Etymology: Of obscure origin, but corresponding in form to Middle High German zwieren (now Bavarian dialect) to blink, to peer. There is probably no connection with the cant word tower, towre, toure, given by Harman (1567) in his Caveat (1869) 84–6, and copied by Dekker and later writers. archaic and dialect. 1. intransitive. To look narrowly or covertly; to peer; to peep. Also figurative of a light, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > peep beak?c1225 toot?c1225 prya1350 peekc1390 touta1400 keekc1405 peepa1500 outpeep1600 twire1602 teet1710 underpeep1827 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iv. sig. G4 I sawe a thing stir vnder a hedge, and I peep't, and I spyed a thing: and I peer'd, and I tweerd vnderneath. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxviii. sig. C2^v When sparkling stars twire not thou guil[d]'st th'eauen. View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Women Pleas'd iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeeeee3/2 I saw the wench that twir'd and twinkled at thee, The other day. a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. iii. 17 in Wks. (1640) III The common Parent of us all! Which Maids will twire at, 'tween their fingers. View more context for this quotation 1723 R. Steele Conscious Lovers i. i If I was rich, I could twire and loll as well as the best of them. 1874 Swinburne Midsummer Holiday, etc. (1889) 19 Star by star on the unsunned waters twiring down. 1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. (at cited word) ‘How he did twire an' twire at she, an' her wouldn't so much as gie 'un a look!’ †2. intransitive. Used in sense ‘to wink’. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [verb (intransitive)] > move eyes > wink or blink twinklea1300 prinkc1330 winka1400 twinkc1400 wapper1575 pimper1600 twire1601 hoodwink1641 connive1712 nictate1755 bat1838 blink1858 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xxxvii. 334 So hard a matter is it for a man to keepe his eies from twiring. And many men naturally cannot chuse but be evermore winking and twinckling with their eies. Derivatives ˈtwiring n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [adjective] > peeping twiring1604 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > peeping tooting?1553 pinking1608 peeking1637 twiring1728 out-peeping1818 1604 T. Middleton Ant & Nightingale sig. F3^v The Tweiring Constable of Finsbury with his bench of of [sic] browne bilmen. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiii. 217 The Sunne..with a feruent eye lookes through the twyring glades. 1638 W. Lisle tr. Heliodorus Hist. x. 172 The Wiseman lookt on King with twiring eyes. 1728 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 175 We had ogling and tweering [printed tweezing], and whispering and glancing. 1738 The Briton Described 13 And then for her Eyes, they are excellent at twiring. a1832 Motherwell Facts fr. Fairyland ii By the winking light of the tweering star. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † twirev.² Obsolete. rare^—1. (Perhaps a misprint for twirl v.¹ 3.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > twist spirally writheOE wethe1398 wind1398 withe1398 turna1450 cralla1475 twirk1599 twirla1625 twire1628 twist1714 wisp1753 twistle1788 twizzle1788 screw1834 twistify1835 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) iii. ii. iii. 490 No sooner doth a young man see his sweetheart coming, but he..slickes his haire, twires his beard, &c. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.¹1676n.²a1704v.¹1601v.²1628
随便看	arrive at arrive at one's fingers' ends arrive late to the party arrive on the scene arrived arrivederci arrivedercies arrivedercis arriver arrivers arrives arriving arrivisme arriviste arrivistes arrière arrière fee arrière supper arrière tenant arrière vassal arrière-ban arrière-fief arrière-guard arrière-pensée arrièreban

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twirev.1

Derivatives

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