Blue Petern.

Brit.

/ˌbluː ˈpiːtə/, U.S.

/ˈˌblu ˈpidər/

Forms: 1700s– Blue Peter, 1800s Blue Petre. Also with lower-case initials.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: blue adj., proper name Peter.

Etymology: < blue adj. + the male forename Peter (see Peter n.). The precise motivation for the name is not clear in either sense 1 or sense 2.

1. U.S. regional. The American coot, Fulica americana. Occasionally also: the purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinica.

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Blue Peter1709

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1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 151 Blue-Peters, the same as you call Water-Hens in England, are here very numerous.

1883 Forest & Stream 15 Mar. 124/3 I have heard it [sc. the American coot] locally termed ‘blue peter’ and ‘blue marsh-hen’ in Maine.

1888 Auk 5 270 Fulica americana. American Coot. ‘Blue Peter’.—Extremely abundant, every ‘bonnet’ patch contained its flock.

1917 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 29 Jan. 4/3 The Blue Peter is about as good to eat, generally speaking, as boiled saddle leather.

1955 G. H. Lowery Louisiana Birds 231 The chickenlike Purple Gallinule, or ‘blue peter’ as it is often called, is without question one of the most beautiful birds in the United States.

1975 Wilson Bull. 87 130 We have such things as ‘High Hole’ and ‘Blue Peter’, but these names are usually only identified and often not explained.

2007 T. Morris Currituck Memories & Adventures 88 Back in those days [sc. the 1950s], there were thousands of blue peters (coot) in Coinjock Bay.

a. Nautical. A blue flag with a white square in the centre, hoisted to signal that the vessel is about to sail. Also used as part of the international code of signals, representing the letter P.

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society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > flag signalling > [noun] > signal flag > specific

black flag1583

yellow flag1587

red flag1748

yellow jack1753

Blue Peter1754

fire flag1798

recall1832

pilot jack1848

homeward-bound pennant1853

powder flag1864

paying-off pennant1869

Peter1890

storm flag1896

negative flag1897

blackball1966

1754 Whitehall Evening-post 3–5 Dec. On Sunday the Blue Peter was hoisted as a Signal for the extra Men to attend at Dock.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XI lxxxiii. 144 It is time that I should hoist my ‘blue Peter’, And sail for a new theme.

1862 H. Mayhew & J. Binny Criminal Prisons of London 23 At the foremast head..the ‘blue Peter’ was flying as a summons to the hands on shore to come aboard.

1902 New Internat. Encycl. III. 139/2 In the United States Navy a flag called the cornet takes the place of the blue peter as a sailing-signal.

1919 E. T. Thurston David & Jonathan xiv. 115 What he wanted was..to blow the ship's whistle for all ashore and haul down the Blue Peter from the masthead.

1994 P. O'Brian Commodore (1996) ix. 259 Within eleven and a half hours of Jack's emphatic order the blue peter broke out at the foretopmast head.

b. Cards (originally and chiefly Whist). A signal made by playing an unusually high card on one trick, followed by a low one on the next; the action of signalling in this way. Now historical.The invention of this signal is usually attributed to Lord Henry Bentinck. In its original use in whist, it was typically a call for the signaller's partner to play trumps, now known as a trump signal (see trump n.² Compounds 2). The convention was later adapted to bridge; cf. echo n. 8, Peter n. 5a.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > actions or tactics > calls or signals

Blue Peter1856

trump signal1901

limit bid1929

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun] > actions or tactics

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Whitechapel play1755

Blue Peter1856

Peter1885

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Whitechapel1899

1856 E. A. Carlyon Laws & Pract. Whist (ed. 2) 44 With many good players it is a rule, never to lead trumps with a bad hand, unless partner shows the ‘blue Peter’.

1860 G. F. Pardon Handy Bk. Games 350 The signal called Blue Peter is given by playing a superior card unnecessarily before an inferior.

1910 T. H. S. Escott Edward Bulwer xiii. 321 It was here that their leader, Lord Henry Bentinck, first introduced the method of calling for trumps known afterwards as the ‘blue Peter’.

1948 W. R. Benét Reader's Encycl. 121 In whist, blue peter is a ‘call for trumps’; that is, laying on your partner's card a higher one than is required.

1990 D. Parlett Oxf. Guide Card Games xvii. 223 ‘Petering’..goes back to a Whist convention, the Blue Peter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue peter
释义	Blue Petern. Brit. /ˌbluː ˈpiːtə/, U.S. /ˈˌblu ˈpidər/ Forms: 1700s– Blue Peter, 1800s Blue Petre. Also with lower-case initials. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: blue adj., proper name Peter. Etymology: < blue adj. + the male forename Peter (see Peter n.). The precise motivation for the name is not clear in either sense 1 or sense 2. 1. U.S. regional. The American coot, Fulica americana. Occasionally also: the purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinica. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Rallidae (rail) > genus Fulica > fulica americana (American coot) water hen1704 Blue Peter1709 flusterer1709 coot1891 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 151 Blue-Peters, the same as you call Water-Hens in England, are here very numerous. 1883 Forest & Stream 15 Mar. 124/3 I have heard it [sc. the American coot] locally termed ‘blue peter’ and ‘blue marsh-hen’ in Maine. 1888 Auk 5 270 Fulica americana. American Coot. ‘Blue Peter’.—Extremely abundant, every ‘bonnet’ patch contained its flock. 1917 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 29 Jan. 4/3 The Blue Peter is about as good to eat, generally speaking, as boiled saddle leather. 1955 G. H. Lowery Louisiana Birds 231 The chickenlike Purple Gallinule, or ‘blue peter’ as it is often called, is without question one of the most beautiful birds in the United States. 1975 Wilson Bull. 87 130 We have such things as ‘High Hole’ and ‘Blue Peter’, but these names are usually only identified and often not explained. 2007 T. Morris Currituck Memories & Adventures 88 Back in those days [sc. the 1950s], there were thousands of blue peters (coot) in Coinjock Bay. 2. a. Nautical. A blue flag with a white square in the centre, hoisted to signal that the vessel is about to sail. Also used as part of the international code of signals, representing the letter P. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > flag signalling > [noun] > signal flag > specific black flag1583 yellow flag1587 red flag1748 yellow jack1753 Blue Peter1754 fire flag1798 recall1832 pilot jack1848 homeward-bound pennant1853 powder flag1864 paying-off pennant1869 Peter1890 storm flag1896 negative flag1897 blackball1966 1754 Whitehall Evening-post 3–5 Dec. On Sunday the Blue Peter was hoisted as a Signal for the extra Men to attend at Dock. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XI lxxxiii. 144 It is time that I should hoist my ‘blue Peter’, And sail for a new theme. 1862 H. Mayhew & J. Binny Criminal Prisons of London 23 At the foremast head..the ‘blue Peter’ was flying as a summons to the hands on shore to come aboard. 1902 New Internat. Encycl. III. 139/2 In the United States Navy a flag called the cornet takes the place of the blue peter as a sailing-signal. 1919 E. T. Thurston David & Jonathan xiv. 115 What he wanted was..to blow the ship's whistle for all ashore and haul down the Blue Peter from the masthead. 1994 P. O'Brian Commodore (1996) ix. 259 Within eleven and a half hours of Jack's emphatic order the blue peter broke out at the foretopmast head. b. Cards (originally and chiefly Whist). A signal made by playing an unusually high card on one trick, followed by a low one on the next; the action of signalling in this way. Now historical.The invention of this signal is usually attributed to Lord Henry Bentinck. In its original use in whist, it was typically a call for the signaller's partner to play trumps, now known as a trump signal (see trump n.² Compounds 2). The convention was later adapted to bridge; cf. echo n. 8, Peter n. 5a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > actions or tactics > calls or signals Blue Peter1856 trump signal1901 limit bid1929 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun] > actions or tactics finessing1733 finesse1734 Whitechapel play1755 Blue Peter1856 Peter1885 Bath coup1897 Whitechapel1899 1856 E. A. Carlyon Laws & Pract. Whist (ed. 2) 44 With many good players it is a rule, never to lead trumps with a bad hand, unless partner shows the ‘blue Peter’. 1860 G. F. Pardon Handy Bk. Games 350 The signal called Blue Peter is given by playing a superior card unnecessarily before an inferior. 1910 T. H. S. Escott Edward Bulwer xiii. 321 It was here that their leader, Lord Henry Bentinck, first introduced the method of calling for trumps known afterwards as the ‘blue Peter’. 1948 W. R. Benét Reader's Encycl. 121 In whist, blue peter is a ‘call for trumps’; that is, laying on your partner's card a higher one than is required. 1990 D. Parlett Oxf. Guide Card Games xvii. 223 ‘Petering’..goes back to a Whist convention, the Blue Peter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1709
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