A person having but one eye.
·noun The eye; as, to close the peepers. II. Peeper ·noun One who peeps; a prying person; a spy. I...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A spying glass; also a looking-glass. Track up the dancers, and pike with the peeper; whip up stairs...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·adj Alone; having no companion. II. Single ·noun A handful of gleaned grain. III. Single ·adj Unc...
A collector of the window tax. ...
·add. ·- A tax levied upon land alone, irrespective of improvements, — advocated by certain economis...
·adj Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one...
·adj Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge ...
·noun An irregular gait of a horse; — called also single-footed pace. ·see <<Single>>, ·vi. II. Si...
·adj Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted. ...
·adj Having an honest heart; free from duplicity. ...
·adj Having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single-hearted. ...
·add. ·adj Having one surface; — said specif. of aeroplanes or aerocurves that are covered with fab...
To unreeve the running part of top-sail sheets, &c., to let them run freely, or for harbour duty. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A ship unmoored, having hove up one bower, rides by the other. ...
See atmospheric steam-engine. ...
See atmospheric steam-engine ...