Twinkling

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Twinkle.

II. Twinkling ·noun The time of a wink; a moment; an Instant.

III. Twinkling ·noun The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle.

IV. Twinkling ·noun A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.