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. blīcan to shine, E. bleak. √98. See Bleak; cf. 1st Blench. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame. Pope [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sun blinked fair on pool and stream . Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To trick; to deceive. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. blink. See Blink, v. i. ] 1. A glimpse or glance. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is the first blink that ever I had of him. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Gleam; glimmer; sparkle. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not a blink of light was there. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. [ Cf. Blencher. ] (Sporting) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Blind + -ard. ] 1. One who blinks with, or as with, weak eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Among the blind the one-eyed blinkard reigns. Marvell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which twinkles or glances, as a dim star, which appears and disappears. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

def>Beer kept unbroached until it is sharp. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, blinks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A blinder for horses; a flap of leather on a horse's bridle to prevent him from seeing objects as his side hence, whatever obstructs sight or discernment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor bigots who but one way see,
through blinkers of authority. M. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes form glare, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Habitually winking. Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a typ of small Indian lettuce (Montia lamprosperma) of northern regions.
Syn. -- blinking chickweed, water chickweed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]