winking (n.)
shutting the eyes
Cym V.iv.192[First Gaoler to Posthumus] I am sure hanging's the way of winking
H5 V.ii.300[King Henry to Burgundy, of Katherine] teach your cousin to consent winking
Ham II.ii.137[Polonius to Claudius, of his reporting what he had seen] If I had ... given my heart a winking, mute and dumb [F; Q2 working]
KJ IV.ii.211[King John to Hubert, of the way servants interpret the King's intentions] on the winking of authority / To understand a law [or: connivance, hint]
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