Blink — Defs

01 v. i. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

imp. & p. p. Blinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Blinking

1.
To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
“One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame.” — Pope
2.
To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.
“Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne.” — Shak.
3.
To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
“The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink.” — Wordsworth.

“The sun blinked fair on pool and stream .” — Sir W. Scott.
4.
To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.

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

1.
To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.
2.
To trick; to deceive.[Scot.]

03 n. A glimpse or glance.

1.
A glimpse or glance.
“This is the first blink that ever I had of him.” — Bp. Hall.
2.
Gleam; glimmer; sparkle.
“Not a blink of light was there.” — Wordsworth.
3.
The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.(Naut.)
4.
Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them.(Sporting) [Prov. Eng.]