eyern.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈaɪər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: eye v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < eye v. + -er suffix¹.

Somewhat rare.

1. Chiefly literary and poetic. A person who looks at or sees something or someone; an observer.Cf. note at eyrer n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > beholder or spectator

showerOE

beholderc1374

lookera1382

espiouressc1430

considererc1449

overseerc1450

regarder1525

surveyor1558

viewer1565

spectatora1586

regardant1590

aspector1603

supervisor1610

eyer1611

spectatrix1611

spectatress1632

speculator1647

contemplator1658

attender1665

espier1860

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Regardeur, a looker,..eyer, beholder.

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. iv. 47 The sutor was as diligent an eyer of her.

1830 J. W. Warter tr. Aristophanes Knights in Acharnians, Knights, Wasps 69 That aged eyer of the bread.

1926 T. Hardy Coll. Poems (ed. 2) 735 The while the lamps as glow-worms lie In a glade, myself their lonely eyer.

1995 W. V. Spanos Errant Art Moby-Dick iii. 141 Seer into seen, seen into seer, eyer into eyed, eyed into eyer, Ishmael bears increasing vertiginous witness in the doubling narrative.

2. A person who makes eyes in needles. Now historical.

ΚΠ

?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 45 Needle Maker... Eyer.

1928 G. Whiting Tools & Toys of Stitchery 110 Expert hand eyers can punch twenty to twenty-five thousand wires daily!

1993 D. Green Alcester v. 43 Needlemaking was being operated on the basis of what today we would call a cottage industry... There were straighteners, drillers, eyers, filers, grinders, scourers, pointers, polishers and many more.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eyer
释义	eyern. Brit. /ˈʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈaɪər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: eye v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < eye v. + -er suffix¹. Somewhat rare. 1. Chiefly literary and poetic. A person who looks at or sees something or someone; an observer.Cf. note at eyrer n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > beholder or spectator showerOE beholderc1374 lookera1382 espiouressc1430 considererc1449 overseerc1450 regarder1525 surveyor1558 viewer1565 spectatora1586 regardant1590 aspector1603 supervisor1610 eyer1611 spectatrix1611 spectatress1632 speculator1647 contemplator1658 attender1665 espier1860 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Regardeur, a looker,..eyer, beholder. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. iv. 47 The sutor was as diligent an eyer of her. 1830 J. W. Warter tr. Aristophanes Knights in Acharnians, Knights, Wasps 69 That aged eyer of the bread. 1926 T. Hardy Coll. Poems (ed. 2) 735 The while the lamps as glow-worms lie In a glade, myself their lonely eyer. 1995 W. V. Spanos Errant Art Moby-Dick iii. 141 Seer into seen, seen into seer, eyer into eyed, eyed into eyer, Ishmael bears increasing vertiginous witness in the doubling narrative. 2. A person who makes eyes in needles. Now historical. ΚΠ ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 45 Needle Maker... Eyer. 1928 G. Whiting Tools & Toys of Stitchery 110 Expert hand eyers can punch twenty to twenty-five thousand wires daily! 1993 D. Green Alcester v. 43 Needlemaking was being operated on the basis of what today we would call a cottage industry... There were straighteners, drillers, eyers, filers, grinders, scourers, pointers, polishers and many more. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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