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unˈwinking, ppl. a.
[un-1 10.
In very frequent use c 1855–c 1900.]
1. Marked by absence of winking; characterized by watchfulness or vigilance.
1782V. Knox Ess. xvii. ⁋9 That unwinking vigilance which a delicate..father will judge necessary in the care of daughters. 1833Mrs. Browning Tempest 88 The open eyes Of that dead man,..With their unwinking, unexpressive stare. 1857Dickens Dorrit ii. xxviii, The attitude..was now expressive of unwinking watchfulness. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. xxv, No fish could have maintained a more unwinking silence. 1896A. Morrison Child Jago 326 His eyes were red with strained, unwinking attention.
transf.a1873B. Harte in Fiddletown, etc. (1873) 127 The sands had a dreadful unwinking glare.
2. Not winking; never closing the eyes.
1811Lamb Edax on Appetite Wks. 1908 I. 153 The broad, unwinking eye of the world. 1863Cowden Clarke Shaks. Char. viii. 201 She watches her prey, lynx-eyed, unwinking upon him. 1880L. Wallace Ben-Hur 227 Such answer as might be looked for from the unwinking sphinx.
transf.1875I. L. Bird Sandwich Isl. 5 A white, unwinking, scintillating sun.
Hence unˈwinkingly adv. (Freq. from c 1890.)
1849C. Brontë Shirley x, A formidable eye..looked as steadily, as unwinkingly, at you as if it were a steel ball soldered in her head. 1891J. H. Pearce Esther Pentreath iii. viii, She found Aichel..unwinkingly there on the watch. |