wink sb. (2 transferred from the sense ‘brief space of time’, cf. Wint. V. ii. 124)
1.
closing of the eyes; only in phr.
referring to death Tp. II. i.
293 [285] “[put] To the perpetual ,”
Wint. I. ii. 317
“To give mine enemy a
lasting wink.”
2.
very small distance
Tp. II. i. 250 [242] “Ambition cannot pierce a wink
beyond.”
