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nictate, v.|ˈnɪkteɪt|
[f. L. nictāt-, ppl. stem of nictāre to wink.]
intr. To wink. Cf. nictitate v.
1691Ray Creation ii. 35 The Eyes of Man..want the seventh Muscle, or the nictating Membrane. 1794Gentl. Mag. LXIV. ii. 648 A particular account of the Nictating Membrane in animals. 1870Gillmore tr. Figuier's Rept. & Birds Introd. 193 This pupil, or nictating membrane, placed at the internal angle of the eye. 1960V. Nabokov Invitation to Beheading iv. 40 Emmie was still squatting,..her long, pale, almost white lashes nictating as she looked across the table-top at the door. |