单词 | winker |
释义 | winkern.1 1. One who winks (in various senses). rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > permission by non-intervention or toleration > one who gives winker?1548 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > movements of eye > winking or blinking > person blinkard?1518 winker?1548 blinks1616 blinker1637 society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > other gestures > [noun] > winking > person who twinklera1382 winker1715 ?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) ii. sig. kvi That frantyck papyst Iohan Eckius, and our winchester the wynkar of wyles. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. Hvv He was no gyfte taker, he was no wynker, he was no bywalker. c1590 in Collect. B.L. Ballads (1867) 254 Cat will after kind, All winkers are not blind. 1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. iv. 164 True Cowards who are of the worse Sect of winkers are wont to shut their Eyes. 1715 A. Pope Corr. 15 July (1956) I. 306 A sett of Nodders, Winkers, and Whisperers. 1820 J. Chambers Illustr. Worc. 539 ‘Are you a gentleman and wink at whist?’ This was too much for the winker. 1902 Sat. Rev. 19 July 77/1 Self-conscious winkers and gigglers over their own misconduct. 2. a. Chiefly plural applied to the eyes or the eyelashes. Now dialect or slang. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > eyelash > [noun] breec1450 eye-bree1577 winker1734 eyelash1755 lash1796 eyewinker1808 cilia1838 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] eyeeOE the fleshly eyec1175 balla1400 window1481 glazier1567 light1580 crystal1592 orb1594 glass1597 optic1601 twinkler1605 lampa1616 watchera1616 wink-a-peeps1615 visive organa1652 ogle1673 peeper1691 goggle?1705 visual orb1725 orbit1727 winker1734 peep?1738 daylights?1747 eyewinker1808 keeker1808 glimmer1814 blinker1816 glim1820 goggler1821 skylight1824 ocular1825 mince pie1857 saucer1858 mince1937 1734 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 519 As soon as my winkers are opened I am always blessed with one of your epistles. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Winkers, the eye-lashes. S. 1893 Boy's Own Paper Jan. 157/3 Here, youngster, clap your winker to this glass. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xxvi. 226 Curling upward like the winkers of an old man's eye. b. The nictitating membrane of a bird's eye. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > eye > part of haw?1523 periophthalmium1691 pecten1713 marsupium1795 Harderian gland1822 sclerotal1854 winker1884 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 180. 3. a. plural (rarely singular) = blinker n. 2b; also attributive. Also figurative or allusively. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > blinkers winkers1583 eye-flap1611 spectacle1632 lunettea1656 headboard1679 blinkers1732 bluff1777 blinder1807 bumblea1825 blind1828 blind-winkers1831 1583 W. Fulke Briefe Confut. Cauils Papistes 32 in Def. Transl. Script. He is the common packhorse of the Papistes,..he weareth a paire of winkers ouer his eyes like a milhorse. 1747 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 449 Most people wear vast winkers to their heads. 1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia (1769) II. 29 Her cap standing beyond her eyes like a coach-horse's winkers. 1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. 157 The Winker, a broad leather on each side the bridle, which prevents the horse from seeing any way but before him. 1859 Carriage Builders' Art Jrnl. 1 43/1 The winker-cheek is cut eight inches from buckle to buckle. 1882 J. Philipson Harness 18 Hogskin is utilized for the pads, winkers, &c. of brown harness. b. transferred. Spectacles rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles spectaclec1386 a pair of spectacles1423 ocularies?a1425 barnaclea1566 eye1568 sight-glasses1605 glass eye1608 prospective glass1616 sights1619 prospectivea1635 nose-compasses1654 glass1660 lunettes1681 peeper1699 eyeglass1760 specs1807 winker1816 gig-lamps1853 nose-riders1875 window1896 cheaters1920 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master i. 11 A patent pair of goggle winkers, Conceal'd from public view his blinkers. 4. A direction indicator on a motor vehicle in the form of a flashing light; = indicator n. 3g. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > direction indicator indicator1932 trafficator1933 direction indicator1937 signal1939 turn signal1949 winker1951 flasher1958 indicator lamp1961 indicator light1961 1951 Autocar 2 Nov. 1411/1 Another advantage of the ‘winkers’ is the fact that no mechanical fault can develop. 1960 News Chron. 21 July 6/4 On the M1..there are no curves to cancel the winkers. 1967 Autocar 28 Dec. 2/2 The main-beam and winker lights have little, pull-down ‘eyelids’. 1970 A. Sillitoe Start in Life v. 255 I put on the winkers, swung out, and swept forward. Derivatives Hence (in sense 3). ˈwinkered adj. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > like a cap > types of cap lugged1489 marabas1538 tarfed1545 unbanded1570 high-crowned1598 brimless1615 Phrygian1618 poked1631 round-eared1724 winkered1804 peakless1844 shadeless1852 Mother Hubbard1877 visorless1889 fore and aft1940 visored1950 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [adjective] > having blinkers blinkered1897 winkered1907 1804 M. Wilmot Let. 5 July in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) i. 110 Women..dress'd in a sort of winker'd cap of pearls which showes the face very becomingly. 1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World iii. 61 That's the play~boy on the winkered mule. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). winkern.2 Originally U.S. = tiddlywinker n. (b) at tiddlywink n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > tiddlywinks, etc. > [noun] > player tiddlywinker1893 tiddler1958 winker1958 1958 N.Y. Times 9 May 28 Tomorrow..the Cantab Winkers play the Oxonian Tiddlers in Oxford. 1965 Times 5 Jan. 116 The nation's ‘winkers’ have two ambitions for 1965. 1979 Harvard Mag. May–June 39 Winkers lost interest in recruiting new winkers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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