† wappern.

Etymology: < Dutch wapper, cognate with wapperen to swing: see wapper adj.

Obsolete. rare.

? A (leaden) ball attached to a strap used as a striking weapon.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > blunt weapons other than sticks > [noun] > flail or black-jack

flailc1475

wapper1481

scorpion1541

threshel1688

swingle1818

life-preserver1833

black jack1848

slung-shot1848

neddy1851

slingshot1891

slogger1892

Jack1911

nunchaku1969

nunchuck1970

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 17 That one had an leden malle, and that other a grete leden wapper, ther wyth they wappred and al for slyngred hym.

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† ˈwapper v.¹ Obsolete (transitive) to strike (a person) with this weapon.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

wapperadj.

/ˈwɒpə/

Forms: Also wopper.

Etymology: Back-formation < wapper-eyed, -jawed: see wapper v.²

Now dialect.

†1. Of the eyes: blinking, unsteady. Obsolete.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > movements of eye > winking or blinking

winking1555

blinking1568

blink1575

wapper1581

blinked1590

wapper-eyed1604

twinkling1740

nictitant1826

blinky1861

nictitating1899

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 280 What if he will geve no credite to your opinions? no nor yet to your wapper eyes that are bleared and dimme with rancour and malice?

1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. A3 But such was his, who thus busied was tooke napping by the weale publike, who smiles vpon him with a wapper eye, a iealous countenance, and bids him all haile.

a1658 J. Cleveland Old Man Courting 62 Perish'd Lungs and wopper Eyes.

2. Of a jaw: (see quots.). dialect and U.S.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > jaws > [adjective] > conditions or positions of

tut-mouthed?a1513

underhung1809

wappera1825

rat trap1838

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Wapper-jaws, a wry mouth; a warped jaw.

1891 Cent. Dict. Wapper~jaw. 2. A projecting under-jaw. (Colloq., U.S.)

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

wapperv.²

/ˈwɒpə/

Etymology: Perhaps cognate with wave v.; compare Dutch wapperen to swing, oscillate, waver.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

1. intransitive. To blink the eyes. Also, ‘to move tremulously’ (Halliwell 1847, as a Somerset word).

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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

1575 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Nennius 75 b But still he stode his face to set awrye, And wappering turnid vp his white of eye.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 40 She was toothlesse, chap-falne, hollow-eyed, and wappering withall.

2. passive. To be tired out.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > be or become weary or exhausted [verb (passive)]

bewearya1610

to beat out1780

out-and-out1813

stall1816

jigger1862

to bugger up1891

wapper1898

1898 J. A. Gibbs Cotswold Village xii. 258 [Period 1592] Thou'll not see Stratford to-night, sir, thy horse is wappered out. Foot-note. Wappered = tired. A Cotswold word.

Compounds

wapper-eyed adj. dialect blinking, blear-eyed (see quots.).

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > movements of eye > winking or blinking

winking1555

blinking1568

blink1575

wapper1581

blinked1590

wapper-eyed1604

twinkling1740

nictitant1826

blinky1861

nictitating1899

1604 T. Middleton Blacke Bk. D 2 b I..changed my shape into a litle wapper-eid Constable, to winke and blinke at small faults.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Wapper-eyed, that has Sore or running Eyes.

1771 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 7) (Gloss.) Wapper-eyed, Goggle-eyed, having full rolling eyes; or looking like one scared,—or squinting like a Person overtaken with Liquor.

1850 ‘N. Hogg’ Poet. Lett. (ed. 2) Gloss. 84 Wapper-hy'd, sleepy, groggy.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Wapper-eyed, having quick-moving restless eyes—constantly rolling from side to side, as is seen in very nervous persons.

wapper-jawed adj. U.S.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > jaws > [adjective] > conditions or positions of > having

underhung1683

thick-jawed1689

underjawed1772

jimber-jawed1834

prognathous1836

wapper-jawed1848

prognathic1850

orthognathic1851

orthognathous1851

whopper-jawed1860

macrognathous1864

underhanging1865

macrognathic1874

eurygnathous1878

mesognathous1878

overshot1879

prosognathous1890

mesognathic1892

jut-jawed1943

1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics Prelim. note, Fancy an heir that a father had seen born well featured and fair, turning suddenly..squint-eyed, hair-lipped, wapper~jawed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

n.1481

adj.1581

v.²1575

单词	wapper
释义	† wappern. Etymology: < Dutch wapper, cognate with wapperen to swing: see wapper adj. Obsolete. rare. ? A (leaden) ball attached to a strap used as a striking weapon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > blunt weapons other than sticks > [noun] > flail or black-jack flailc1475 wapper1481 scorpion1541 threshel1688 swingle1818 life-preserver1833 black jack1848 slung-shot1848 neddy1851 slingshot1891 slogger1892 Jack1911 nunchaku1969 nunchuck1970 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 17 That one had an leden malle, and that other a grete leden wapper, ther wyth they wappred and al for slyngred hym. Derivatives Thesaurus » Categories » † ˈwapper v.¹ Obsolete (transitive) to strike (a person) with this weapon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). wapperadj. /ˈwɒpə/ Forms: Also wopper. Etymology: Back-formation < wapper-eyed, -jawed: see wapper v.² Now dialect. †1. Of the eyes: blinking, unsteady. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > movements of eye > winking or blinking winking1555 blinking1568 blink1575 wapper1581 blinked1590 wapper-eyed1604 twinkling1740 nictitant1826 blinky1861 nictitating1899 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 280 What if he will geve no credite to your opinions? no nor yet to your wapper eyes that are bleared and dimme with rancour and malice? 1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. A3 But such was his, who thus busied was tooke napping by the weale publike, who smiles vpon him with a wapper eye, a iealous countenance, and bids him all haile. a1658 J. Cleveland Old Man Courting 62 Perish'd Lungs and wopper Eyes. 2. Of a jaw: (see quots.). dialect and U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > jaws > [adjective] > conditions or positions of tut-mouthed?a1513 underhung1809 wappera1825 rat trap1838 a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Wapper-jaws, a wry mouth; a warped jaw. 1891 Cent. Dict. Wapper~jaw. 2. A projecting under-jaw. (Colloq., U.S.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). wapperv.² /ˈwɒpə/ Etymology: Perhaps cognate with wave v.; compare Dutch wapperen to swing, oscillate, waver. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. intransitive. To blink the eyes. Also, ‘to move tremulously’ (Halliwell 1847, as a Somerset word). 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 1575 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Nennius 75 b But still he stode his face to set awrye, And wappering turnid vp his white of eye. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 40 She was toothlesse, chap-falne, hollow-eyed, and wappering withall. 2. passive. To be tired out. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > be or become weary or exhausted [verb (passive)] bewearya1610 to beat out1780 out-and-out1813 stall1816 jigger1862 to bugger up1891 wapper1898 1898 J. A. Gibbs Cotswold Village xii. 258 [Period 1592] Thou'll not see Stratford to-night, sir, thy horse is wappered out. Foot-note. Wappered = tired. A Cotswold word. Compounds wapper-eyed adj. dialect blinking, blear-eyed (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > movements of eye > winking or blinking winking1555 blinking1568 blink1575 wapper1581 blinked1590 wapper-eyed1604 twinkling1740 nictitant1826 blinky1861 nictitating1899 1604 T. Middleton Blacke Bk. D 2 b I..changed my shape into a litle wapper-eid Constable, to winke and blinke at small faults. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Wapper-eyed, that has Sore or running Eyes. 1771 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 7) (Gloss.) Wapper-eyed, Goggle-eyed, having full rolling eyes; or looking like one scared,—or squinting like a Person overtaken with Liquor. 1850 ‘N. Hogg’ Poet. Lett. (ed. 2) Gloss. 84 Wapper-hy'd, sleepy, groggy. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Wapper-eyed, having quick-moving restless eyes—constantly rolling from side to side, as is seen in very nervous persons. wapper-jawed adj. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > jaws > [adjective] > conditions or positions of > having underhung1683 thick-jawed1689 underjawed1772 jimber-jawed1834 prognathous1836 wapper-jawed1848 prognathic1850 orthognathic1851 orthognathous1851 whopper-jawed1860 macrognathous1864 underhanging1865 macrognathic1874 eurygnathous1878 mesognathous1878 overshot1879 prosognathous1890 mesognathic1892 jut-jawed1943 1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics Prelim. note, Fancy an heir that a father had seen born well featured and fair, turning suddenly..squint-eyed, hair-lipped, wapper~jawed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1481adj.1581v.²1575
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† wappern.

Derivatives

wapperadj.

wapperv.2

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