nictate

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  1. To wink; nictitate. Neither is it to be esteemed any defect or imperfection in the eyes of man that they want the seventh muscle, or the nictating membrane, which the eyes of many other animals are furnished withal. Ray, Works of Creation, ii.

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  1. from Latin nictatus, past participle of nictare, wink: see nick.
 

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