Dictionary entry

Blink (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Blink, n. [OE. blink. See Blink, v. i.] 1. A glimpse or glance.

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.