Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nictitate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nictitate \Nic"ti*tate\, v. i. [See {Nictate}.]
To wink; to nictate.
{Nictitating membrance} (Anat.), a thin membrance, found in
many animals at the inner angle, or beneath the lower lid,
of the eye, and capable of being drawn across the eyeball;
the third eyelid; the haw.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nictitate
v : briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to
blink" [syn: {blink}, {wink}, {nictate}]
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