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Twinkle

Twinkle (twinkle)
v. i.(?)
Twin"kle
[imp. *** p. p. Twinkled (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Twinkling (?).] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian] akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and pe
  1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.

    The owl fell a moping and twinkling. L' Estrange.

  2. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.

    These stars not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures. Sir I. Newton.

    The western sky twinkled with stars. Sir W. Scott.

Twinkle

Twinkle (twinkle)
n.(?)
Twin"kle
  1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.

    Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye,
    The damsel broke his misintended dart.     Spenser.

  2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
  3. The time of a wink; a twinkling.
    Dryden.












Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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