Wink"ing*ly, adv. In a winking manner; with the eye almost closed.
Peacham.
Win"kle (?), n. [AS. wincle.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any periwinkle. Holland. (b)
Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United
States, either of two species of Fulgar (F. canaliculata, and F.
carica).
These are large mollusks which often destroy large numbers of oysters
by drilling their shells and sucking their blood.
Sting winkle, a European spinose marine shell (Murex erinaceus). See
Illust. of Murex.
Win"kle-hawk` (?), n. [D. winkel-haak a carpenter's square.] A
rectangular rent made in cloth; — called also winkle-hole. [Local, U.
S.] Bartlett.