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Twin"kle (twĭ&nsmacr_;"k'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twinkled (twĭ&nsmacr_;"k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Twinkling (twĭ&nsmacr_;"klĭng).] [OE. twinklen, AS. twinclian; akin to OE. twinken to blink, wink, G. zwinken, zwinkern, and perhaps to E. twitch.] 1. To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
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The owl fell a moping and twinkling. L' Estrange.
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2. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
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These stars do not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures. Sir I. Newton.
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The western sky twinkled with stars. Sir W. Scott.
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Twin"kle (?), n. 1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.
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Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye,
The damsel broke his misintended dart. Spenser.
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2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
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3. The time of a wink; a twinkling. Dryden.
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