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What does "blink" mean?

Blink: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.
  2. 3.To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.
  3. 4.To trick; to deceive. [Scot.] Jamieson.
  4. 5.A glimpse or glance. This is the first blink that ever I had of him. Bp. Hall.
  5. 6.Gleam; glimmer; sparkle. Sir W. Scott. Not a blink of light was there. Wordsworth.
  6. 7.(Naut.) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.
  7. 8.pl. Etym: [Cf. Blencher.] (Sporting) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them. [Prov. Eng.]

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