GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions 

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Blink (blĭṉk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blinked (blĭṉkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Blinking.] [OE. blenken; akin to dan. blinke, Sw. blinka, G. blinken to shine, glance, wink, twinkle, D. blinken to shine; and prob. to D. blikken to glance, twinkle, G. blicken to look, glance, AS. blīcan to shine, E. bleak. √98. See Bleak; cf. 1st Blench.]

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    1. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

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    One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame. Pope

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    2. To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.

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    Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne. Shak.

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    3. To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.

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    The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink. Wordsworth.

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    The sun blinked fair on pool and stream . Sir W. Scott.

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    4. To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.

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Blink, v. t.
    1. To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, “to blink the question”.

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    2. To trick; to deceive. [Scot.]  Jamieson.

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Blink, n. [OE. blink. See Blink, v. i. ]
    1. A glimpse or glance.

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    This is the first blink that ever I had of him. Bp. Hall.

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    2. Gleam; glimmer; sparkle.  Sir W. Scott.

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    Not a blink of light was there. Wordsworth.

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    3. (Naut.) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.

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    4. pl. [Cf. Blencher.] (Sporting) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them. [Prov. Eng.]

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