dial. [f. WINK v.1 + -LE 3.] intr. To emit light intermittently; to twinkle.
1791. J. Learmont, Poems, 37. In vain the starry winkling gleam.
1807. Hogg, Mountain Bard, 63.
What though she has twa little winkling een? | |
Theyre better than nane. |
1905. Mabel Barnes-Grundy, Vacill. Hazel, 198. Fixed stars and planetsand they twinkled and winkled, and sparkled and glittered till the heavens seemed fairly alive with their glimmering eyes.