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Webster 1828 Edition

ppr.

Shutting the eyes; shutting and opening the eyelids; hinting by closing the eye; conniving at; overlooking.

winking

winking ‎(plural winkings)

The act of one who winks.
- 1828, The Harvard Register: no. I-XII, March, 1827-Feb. 1828 (page 153)
  I have known some happy spirits, who could sit for hours, when no other amusement presented, and talk of the winkings and squintings, they had lately been so eagle-eyed, as to detect between some innocent couple […]