wink-a-peepn.
/ˈwɪŋkəpiːp/, U.S. /ˈwɪŋkəˌpip/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
1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 4 Those wink-apipes of thine, those ferret eies.
1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 116 Awake for shame, open thy wink-a-peeps!
2. dialect. The pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > pimpernel
wayworta1300
pimpernel?a1425
sicklewortc1450
craches1530
margeline1572
wink-a-peep1626
shepherd's sun-dial1823
poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827
shepherd's weatherglass1827
shepherd's calendar1832
scarlet pimpernel1855
shepherd's dial1865
shepherd's clock1878
shepherd's glass1886
peeper1888
shepherd's hourglass1909
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §827 There is a Small Red Flower in the Stubble-Fields, which Country People call the Wincopipe.
1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester
1897 Outing Mar. 593/1 The wincopipes are opening, señor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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