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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twinkle \Twin"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinkled}; p. pr & vb
n. {Twinkling}.] [OE. twinklen, AS twinclian akin to OE
twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken zwinkern and perhaps to
E. twitch.]
1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
The owl fell a moping and twinkling. --L' Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twinkle \Twin"kle\, n.
1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a
wink or sparkle of the eye.
Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye, The damsel broke
his misintended dart. --Spenser.
2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
3. The time of a wink; a twinkling. --Dryden.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
twinkle
n : a rapid change in brightness [syn: {scintillation}, {sparkling}]
v 1: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
[syn: {flash}, {blink}, {wink}, {winkle}]
2: emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; of stars
[syn: {winkle}, {scintillate}]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
TWINKLE
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