Blink (bl&ibreve_;&nsmacr_;k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blinked (bl&ibreve_;&nsmacr_;kt); 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, 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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