A baby of some three months old, who winked, and turned aside its
little face from the too vivid light of day.
Hawthorne.
4. To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye
only.
Wink at the footman to leave him without a plate.
Swift.
5. To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at
anything; to be tolerant; — generally with at.
The times of this ignorance God winked at.
Acts xvii. 30.
And yet, as though he knew it not, His knowledge winks, and lets his
humors reign.
Herbert.
Obstinacy can not be winked at, but must be subdued.
Locke.