a. [f. WINK sb.1 + -LESS.] Without a wink, unwinking.

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1867.  Wynter, Soc. Bees, 93. The upturned gaze of winkless scores [of artificial eyes].

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1867.  F. H. Ludlow, Brace of Boys, 255. My nephew, then aged five, sat bolt upright in the pew, winkless as a deacon.

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