Noah Webster
Hood-wink
HOOD'-WINK, verb transitive [hood and wink.] To blind by covering the eyes.
We will blind and hood-wink him.
1. To cover; to hide.
For the prize I'll bring thee to,
Shall hood-wink this mischance.
2. To deceive by external appearances of disguise; to impose on.
HOOD'-WINKED, participle passive Blinded; deceived.
HOOD'-WINKING, participle present tense Blinding the eyes; covering; hiding; deceiving.