Dictionary entry

Blinkard

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Blink″ard (�), n. [Blind + -ard.] 1. One who blinks with, or as with, weak eyes.

Among the blind the one-eyed blinkard reigns.

Marvell.

2. That which twinkles or glances, as a dim star, which appears and disappears. Hakewill.