Definition of winkle

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Winkle (n.) Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar (F. canaliculata, and F. carica)..

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Pinpatch :: Pinpatch (n.) The common English periwinkle.
Winkle-hawk :: Winkle-hawk (n.) A rectangular rent made in cloth; -- called also winkle-hole.
Twinkler :: Twinkler (n.) One who, or that which, twinkles, or winks; a winker; an eye..
Wrinkle :: Wrinkle (n.) A winkle.
Sparkle :: Sparkle (n.) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle..
Proboscidifera :: Proboscidifera (n. pl.) An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of Gastropoda, and of Winkle..
Twinkle :: Twinkle (n.) A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated..
Blinkard :: Blinkard (n.) That which twinkles or glances, as a dim star, which appears and disappears..
Twire :: Twire (v. i.) To twinkle; to glance; to gleam.
Twinkle :: Twinkle (v. i.) To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
Periwinkle :: Periwinkle (n.) A trailing herb of the genus Vinca.
Blink :: Blink (v. i.) To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp..
Twinkling :: Twinkling (n.) The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle..
Twinkle :: Twinkle (n.) A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye..
Periwinkle :: Periwinkle (n.) Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina..
Winkle :: Winkle (n.) Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar (F. canaliculata, and F. carica)..
Twinkle :: Twinkle (n.) The time of a wink; a twinkling.
Twink :: Twink (v. i.) To twinkle.
Blink :: Blink (v. i.) To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye..
Littorina :: Littorina (n.) A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle..
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