This is the first blink that ever I had of him.
--Bp. Hall.
2. Gleam; glimmer; sparkle. --Sir W. Scott.
Not a blink of light was there. --Wordsworth.
3. (Naut.) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by
the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice
blink.
4. pl. [Cf. {Blencher}.] (Sporting) Boughs cast where deer
are to pass, to turn or check them. [Prov. Eng.]
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.
2. To trick; to deceive. [Scot.] --Jamieson.