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nictation|nɪkˈteɪʃən|
[ad. L. nictātiōn-em, n. of action f. nictāre to wink.]
The action or an act of winking or moving the eyelids.
1623Cockeram i, Nictation, the twinckling of the eye. 1650Bulwer Anthropomet. 71 Much more is their use in nictation when we are awake. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iii. §37 Our Nictations for the most part when we are awake..are performed with very little or no Consciousness. 1883Gd. Words 265 As if a man should set himself to regulate or time the nictation of the eyelid. |