Blink

·vi A glimpse or glance.

II. Blink ·vi Gleam; glimmer; sparkle.

III. Blink ·vi To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, ·etc.

IV. Blink ·pl Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them.

V. Blink ·vt To Trick; to Deceive.

VI. Blink ·vi To Wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

VII. Blink ·vi To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.

VIII. Blink ·vt To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to Shirk; as, to blink the question.

IX. Blink ·vi The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.

X. Blink ·vi To shine, ·esp. with intermittent light; to Twinkle; to Flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.

to blink
To shut the eyes, to wink. Hence, to shun, to avoid, shy at, as some animals avoid an alarming objec...

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Blink beer
·- Beer kept unbroached until it is sharp. ...

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Blink-eyed
·adj Habitually winking. ...

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ice-blink
A streak or stratum of lucid whiteness which appears over the ice in that part of the atmosphere adj...

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land-blink
On Arctic voyages, a peculiar atmospheric brightness on approaching land covered with snow; usually ...

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moon-blink
A temporary evening blindness occasioned by sleeping in the moonshine in tropical climates; it is te...

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summer-blink
A transient gleam of sunshine in bad weather. ...

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blink of the ice
A bright appearance or looming (the iceberg reflected in the atmosphere above it), often assuming an...

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