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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Hood-wink [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Blinded; deceived.

Hood-wink [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Blinding the eyes; covering; hiding; deceiving.

Hood-wink [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To blind by covering the eyes.

2. We will blind and hood-wink him.

3. To cover; to hide.

4. For the prize I'll bring thee to,

5. Shall hood-wink this mischance.

6. To deceive by external appearances of disguise; to impose on.