Obs.0 [f. L. con- together + nictātiōn-em winking, n. of action from nictāre to wink: cf. CONNIVE.] ‘A twinkling or winking with the eye’ (Bailey, 1731).

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1674.  in Blount, Glossogr.

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1755.  in Johnson.

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In mod. Dicts.

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