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单词 winker
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winkern.1

Brit. /ˈwɪŋkə/, U.S. /ˈwɪŋkər/
Etymology: < wink v.1 + -er suffix1.
1. One who winks (in various senses). rare.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > permission by non-intervention or toleration > one who gives
winker?1548
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
society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > other gestures > [noun] > winking > person who
twinklera1382
winker1715
?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) ii. sig. kvi That frantyck papyst Iohan Eckius, and our winchester the wynkar of wyles.
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. Hvv He was no gyfte taker, he was no wynker, he was no bywalker.
c1590 in Collect. B.L. Ballads (1867) 254 Cat will after kind, All winkers are not blind.
1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. iv. 164 True Cowards who are of the worse Sect of winkers are wont to shut their Eyes.
1715 A. Pope Corr. 15 July (1956) I. 306 A sett of Nodders, Winkers, and Whisperers.
1820 J. Chambers Illustr. Worc. 539 ‘Are you a gentleman and wink at whist?’ This was too much for the winker.
1902 Sat. Rev. 19 July 77/1 Self-conscious winkers and gigglers over their own misconduct.
2.
a. Chiefly plural applied to the eyes or the eyelashes. Now dialect or slang.
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the world > life > the body > hair > eyelash > [noun]
breec1450
eye-bree1577
winker1734
eyelash1755
lash1796
eyewinker1808
cilia1838
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
1734 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 519 As soon as my winkers are opened I am always blessed with one of your epistles.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Winkers, the eye-lashes. S.
1893 Boy's Own Paper Jan. 157/3 Here, youngster, clap your winker to this glass.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xxvi. 226 Curling upward like the winkers of an old man's eye.
b. The nictitating membrane of a bird's eye.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > eye > part of
haw?1523
periophthalmium1691
pecten1713
marsupium1795
Harderian gland1822
sclerotal1854
winker1884
1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 180.
3.
a. plural (rarely singular) = blinker n. 2b; also attributive. Also figurative or allusively.
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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
1583 W. Fulke Briefe Confut. Cauils Papistes 32 in Def. Transl. Script. He is the common packhorse of the Papistes,..he weareth a paire of winkers ouer his eyes like a milhorse.
1747 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 449 Most people wear vast winkers to their heads.
1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia (1769) II. 29 Her cap standing beyond her eyes like a coach-horse's winkers.
1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. 157 The Winker, a broad leather on each side the bridle, which prevents the horse from seeing any way but before him.
1859 Carriage Builders' Art Jrnl. 1 43/1 The winker-cheek is cut eight inches from buckle to buckle.
1882 J. Philipson Harness 18 Hogskin is utilized for the pads, winkers, &c. of brown harness.
in combination.1845 R. Browning Let. in Lett. R. Browning & E. B. Barrett (1899) I. 79 I am set going with a hand, winker-wise, on each side of my head.
b. transferred. Spectacles rare.
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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles
spectaclec1386
a pair of spectacles1423
ocularies?a1425
barnaclea1566
eye1568
sight-glasses1605
glass eye1608
prospective glass1616
sights1619
prospectivea1635
nose-compasses1654
glass1660
lunettes1681
peeper1699
eyeglass1760
specs1807
winker1816
gig-lamps1853
nose-riders1875
window1896
cheaters1920
1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master i. 11 A patent pair of goggle winkers, Conceal'd from public view his blinkers.
4. A direction indicator on a motor vehicle in the form of a flashing light; = indicator n. 3g.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > direction indicator
indicator1932
trafficator1933
direction indicator1937
signal1939
turn signal1949
winker1951
flasher1958
indicator lamp1961
indicator light1961
1951 Autocar 2 Nov. 1411/1 Another advantage of the ‘winkers’ is the fact that no mechanical fault can develop.
1960 News Chron. 21 July 6/4 On the M1..there are no curves to cancel the winkers.
1967 Autocar 28 Dec. 2/2 The main-beam and winker lights have little, pull-down ‘eyelids’.
1970 A. Sillitoe Start in Life v. 255 I put on the winkers, swung out, and swept forward.

Derivatives

Hence (in sense 3).
ˈwinkered adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > like a cap > types of cap
lugged1489
marabas1538
tarfed1545
unbanded1570
high-crowned1598
brimless1615
Phrygian1618
poked1631
round-eared1724
winkered1804
peakless1844
shadeless1852
Mother Hubbard1877
visorless1889
fore and aft1940
visored1950
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [adjective] > having blinkers
blinkered1897
winkered1907
1804 M. Wilmot Let. 5 July in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) i. 110 Women..dress'd in a sort of winker'd cap of pearls which showes the face very becomingly.
1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World iii. 61 That's the play~boy on the winkered mule.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

winkern.2

Brit. /ˈwɪŋkə/, U.S. /ˈwɪŋkər/
Etymology: Shortened < tiddlywinker n. at tiddlywink n. Derivatives.
Originally U.S.
= tiddlywinker n. (b) at tiddlywink n. Derivatives.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > tiddlywinks, etc. > [noun] > player
tiddlywinker1893
tiddler1958
winker1958
1958 N.Y. Times 9 May 28 Tomorrow..the Cantab Winkers play the Oxonian Tiddlers in Oxford.
1965 Times 5 Jan. 116 The nation's ‘winkers’ have two ambitions for 1965.
1979 Harvard Mag. May–June 39 Winkers lost interest in recruiting new winkers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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