单词 | blinker |
释义 | blinkern. 1. a. One who blinks; a blinking or purblind person. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > dimness or poor vision > person blinkard?1518 molea1616 stymie1616 blinker1637 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 1637 Abp. J. Williams Holy Table 219 He was but a blinker, and saw..but with half an eye. a1704 T. Brown Cupid turn'd Tinker in Wks. (1707) I. i. 153 What does our sly graceless Blinker? 1835 R. Browning Paracelsus i. 26 As earnest blinkers do Whom radiance ne'er distracted. b. One who casts blinks or sly glances. Scottish. ΚΠ a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 302 The witching, curst, delicious blinkers Hae put me hyte. 2. a. plural. A kind of spectacles for directing the sight in one direction only, so as to cure squinting, or for protecting the eyes from cold, dust, etc.; = goggles (goggle n. 4). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles > other types of spectacles half-moon glasses1607 half-moon spectacles1607 blinkers1732 temple-spectacles1762 reading glass1853 distance glasses1864 horn spectacles1893 bifocal1899 trifocal1899 horn-rims1927 harlequin spectacles1940 harlequin glasses1945 library frame1948 aviator1951 library glasses1959 library spectacles1962 multifocals1962 wire-rim1968 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 1732 M. Green Grotto 10 (R.) Bigots who but one way see Through blinkers of authority. 1803 J. Bristed Ανθρωπλανομενος I. 38 A little fellow, with blinkers over his eyes. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists iv. 192 Who only dare to look up at life through blinkers. b. Leather screens attached to a horse's bridle on each side, to prevent it from seeing in any direction except straight ahead. ΚΠ 1789 W. Gilpin Tour Lakes II. 154 (R.) On being pressed by her friends..to go to court; ‘By no means,’ said she, ‘unless I may be allowed to wear blinkers.’ 1861 G. M. Musgrave By-roads in Picardy 174 An old female hostler, who gave us neither cruppers, blinkers, or breeching. 3. The eye. (slang.) ΘΚΠ 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 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master i. 11 A patent pair of goggle winkers, Conceal'd from public view his blinkers. 4. A sporting dog that refuses to see and mark the position of game. Cf. blinking n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > [noun] > pointing > dog that refuses to mark blinker1814 blinking1814 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > that refuses to see and mark position of prey blinker1814 1814 W. Dobson Kunopædia 98 We shall, I fear, be compelled to class him along with the blinker of a very different nature, the brute of perverse..yet snivelling disposition. 1845 W. Youatt Dog iii. 91 The chastisement..would make the setter disgusted..and leave him a mere blinker. 1848 W. N. Hutchinson Dog Breaking 94 Excess of punishment has made many a dog of good promise a confirmed blinker. 5. In full blinker light. An intermittent flashlight. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > electric torch > flashlight flashlight1886 flash-lamp1890 flash1913 blinker1923 1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean xvi. 285 Take this bug-light [sc. an electric torch] and use it as a blinker. You learned the Morse code at Camp Stuart. 1943 J. Steinbeck in N.Y. Herald Tribune 7 July 23/2 The second in command takes up the blinker and signals. 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 432 Motels, blinker lights, salt-eroded billboards. 1964 ‘M. E. Chaber’ Six who Ran (1965) i. 17 Three passenger cars were stolen... One of them was converted into a State Police car with the aid of a blinker light. Derivatives ˈblinkerless adj. (sense 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [adjective] > having blinkers > not blinkered blinkerless1872 1872 Daily News 23 Oct. Fleet blinkerless horses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). blinkerv. transitive. To put blinkers on; figurative to blind, hoodwink, deceive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [verb (transitive)] aschrenchc885 blendc888 swikec950 belirtOE beswike971 blencha1000 blenka1000 belieOE becatchc1175 trokec1175 beguile?c1225 biwrench?c1225 guile?c1225 trechec1230 unordainc1300 blink1303 deceivec1320 feintc1330 trechetc1330 misusea1382 blind1382 forgo1382 beglose1393 troil1393 turnc1405 lirt?a1425 abuse?a1439 ludify1447 amuse1480 wilec1480 trump1487 delude?a1505 sile1508 betrumpa1522 blear1530 aveugle1543 mislippen1552 pot1560 disglose1565 oversile1568 blaze1570 blirre1570 bleck1573 overtake1581 fail1590 bafflea1592 blanch1592 geck?a1600 hallucinate1604 hoodwink1610 intrigue1612 guggle1617 nigglea1625 nose-wipe1628 cog1629 cheat1637 flam1637 nurse1639 jilt1660 top1663 chaldese1664 bilk1672 bejuggle1680 nuzzlec1680 snub1694 bite1709 nebus1712 fugle1719 to take in1740 have?1780 quirk1791 rum1812 rattlesnake1818 chicane1835 to suck in1842 mogue1854 blinker1865 to have on1867 mag1869 sleight1876 bumfuzzle1878 swop1890 wool1890 spruce1917 jive1928 shit1934 smokescreen1950 dick1964 1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia I. 140 But Telal was not so easily to be blinkered, and kept to his first judgment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1637v.1865 |
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