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Nictitate

verb
1.
Briefly shut the eyes.  Synonyms: blink, nictate, wink.






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"Nictitate" Quotes from Famous Books



... mirror[Lat]; magic lantern &c. (show) 448; mirror lens &c. (instrument) 445. V. be dimsighted &c. n.; see double; have a mote in the eye, have a mist before the eyes, have a film over the eyes; see through a prism, see through a glass darkly; wink, blink, nictitate; squint; look askant[obs3], askant askance[obs3]; screw up the eyes, glare, glower; nictate[obs3]. dazzle, loom. Adj. dim-sighted &c. n.; myopic, presbyopic[obs3]; astigmatic moon- eyed, mope-eyed, blear-eyed, goggle-eyed, gooseberry-eyed, one-eyed; blind of one eye, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus



Words linked to "Nictitate" :   nictitation, bat, wink, palpebrate, act involuntarily, flutter, act reflexively, blink



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