[f. TWINKLE v.1 + -ER1.] One who or that which twinkles.
† 1. One who winks; a winker. Obs. rare–1.
1382. Wyclif, Ecclus. xxvii. 25. The twynclere with the eȝe forgeth wicke thingus.
2. Anything that emits intermittent, transient, or faint radiance; sometimes applied to eyes.
1591. Sylvester, Du Bartas, I. iv. 574. The Hoasts of th’ upper Twinklers bright.
1654. Gayton, Pleas. Notes, II. v. 56. His Dulcinea’s twinclers enlarged to the full breadth of Queen Proserpines sawcers.
1708. Mrs. Centlivre, Busie Body, V. i. A consenting Look with those pretty Twinklers.
1747. Richardson, Clarissa, I. xxvii. 170. Such a sun in a family where there are none but faint twinklers.
1802. Mrs. E. Parsons, Myst. Visit, I. 18. The small twinkler held by the servant … is perfectly sufficient.
1813. Shelley, Q. Mab, ix. 223. Such tiny twinklers as the planet orbs.
1837. Marryat, Dog-fiend, xvii. Be plased … and not be staring at me, following me up and down … with those twinklers of yours.
1868. Lockyer, Guillemin’s Heavens, xvi. 244. Enceladus, and coy Mimas, faintest of twinklers, are caught by Herschel’s giant mirrors.
