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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blink \Blink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blinked}; 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 bl[=i]can to shine, E. bleak. [root]98. See {Bleak}; cf 1st {Blench}.] 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
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