Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
OE. winken, AS. wincian,; akin to D. wenken, G. winken, to wink, nod, beckon, OHG. winchan, Sw. vinka, Dan. vinke, AS. wancol, wavering, OHG. wanchal, wavering, wanchn, to waver, G. wanken, and perhaps to E. weak,; cf. AS. wincel, a corner. Cf. Wench Wince (v. i.)
In literature:
The 'longshoremen and loafers grinned and winked at one another, but forbore to interfere.
"Poison Island" by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (Q)
He winked hard to keep the tears from coming.
"The Circus Comes to Town" by Lebbeus Mitchell
And as I rides down I couldn't help swappin' a wink with the elevator boy.
"On With Torchy" by Sewell Ford
Again the flint and blade clicked, and a large red spark winked rapidly in the bows.
"Romance" by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
Only the man in the moon smiled, and winked at Pee-wee.
"Pee-Wee Harris Adrift" by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
He winked very fast, having gotten a nervous trick.
"The Debtor" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Brand, tip us the wink, will you?
"Boy Woodburn" by Alfred Ollivant
They were not still and changeless and winking, as they appeared from the moon.
"Operation: Outer Space" by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Tom glanced at Astro and winked.
"Treachery in Outer Space" by Carey Rockwell and Louis Glanzman
Byle winked in response.
"A Dream of Empire" by William Henry Venable
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In poetry:
A wink from Hesper, falling
Fast in the wintry sky,
Comes through the even blue,
Dear, like a word from you…
Is it good-bye?
"A Wink From Hesper" by William Ernest Henley
In fact when thro’ these hopeful days
Your voice comes clear and true,
I wink at all your naughty ways —
Ah, yes I do,
Cuckoo !
"To an Old Friend" by John Joy Bell
"For five lang years, and five lang years,
I coorted thee by looks;
By nods and winks, by smiles and tears,
As I had read in books.
"The Lang Coortin'" by Lewis Carroll
Think I think that Love should know ye,
Will you think 'tis but a thinking?
But if Love the thought do show ye,
Will ye loose your eyes with winking?
"Another Of The Same (A Report Song In A Dream)" by Nicholas Breton
Young Harry leapt over the stile and kissed her,
Over the stile the stars a-winking;
He thought it was Mary--'t was Mary's sister--
And love hath a way of thinking.
"At The Stile" by Madison Julius Cawein
Ruddy of cheek is John and bright of eye;
But John it appears has none of your grins and winks;
Civil enough, but short: perhaps he thinks:
Words come once in a mile, and always dry.
"Moonset" by Sir Henry Newbolt
In news:
Creative editing of comments is accepted with a wink and a nod by partisan voters.
Video courtesty of WINK 40 prepsFMNPsportshsfootball 00:40.
Okay Then There we have it:wink.
Byron York of National Review says it's Palin by a wink.
Every Friday until the election, WINK News Call For Action is following the money in the hottest races.
Rider 31, FW Southwest 21, Gatesville 40, Vernon 28, Munday 63, Wink 34, Finals.
If QVC sold Chanel, Prada, Versace, and Gucci (wink, wink.).
It's your money and WINK News is adding up what taxpayers will spend to get rid of the Lee County Manager.
Area jobs market shows wink of holiday cheer.
A Sly Wink to Pinups of the Past.
If catching 40 winks in the middle of the afternoon seems impossible, you might want to adjust your schedule.
Wink, wink: Dexter Pittman said foul not intentional.
Their kids secretly entered them in the WINK News Story Book Mother's Day Contest.
The candidates in the states two big statewide races square off this week on WINK.
One of the things that stands out most about Marie-Amélie Sauvé's style is her tendency to wear classic garments with just that little wink of a twist.
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In science:
Although SIMBAD reports them as different ob jects separated by 1.′′4, the two identifiers refer to the same star; SIMBAD further confuses the issue by calling the latter NGC 1624–1, as do Chini & Wink (1984).
Early Results from the Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey: C III Emission Lines in Of Spectra
Previous classifications were given by Moffat et al. (1979) and Chini & Wink (1984).
The Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey. I. Classification System and Bright Northern Stars in the Blue-Violet at R~2500
This unnatural event refers to the time when the person winks (different from natural eye blink and the eye tracker won’t treat blinking as a valid signal) or when the eye is held still for half a second.
Eye-GUIDE (Eye-Gaze User Interface Design) Messaging for Physically-Impaired People
There are also studies that able to discriminate eye winks to eye blinks to avoid unintended clicks .
Eye-GUIDE (Eye-Gaze User Interface Design) Messaging for Physically-Impaired People
The subgalactic size radio source is hosted by a galaxy merger displaying luminous young star clusters and HII regions (Kirhakos et al. 1999, Canalizo & Stockton 2000b) as well as bright molecular gas emission (Wink et al. 1997).
Star-Forming AGN Host Galaxies
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