blink

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BLINK, verb intransitive 1. To wink; to twinkle with the eye. 2. To see obscurely. Johnson. Is it not to see with the eyes half shut, or with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes? One eye was blinking and one leg was lame. BLINK, noun A glimpse or glance. BLINK, noun blink of ice, is the dazzling whiteness about the horizon, occasioned by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea.
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