To BLENK, BLINK, v. n.
1. To open the eyes, as one does from a slumber, S.
Barbour.
2. To throw a glance on one, especially as expressive of regard, S.
Ross.
3. To look with a favourable eye; used metaph. in allusion to the shining of the sun, after it has been covered with a cloud.
V. [Blink], v.
Baillie.
Belg. blenck-en, blinck-en, Su. G. blaenk-a, to shine, to glance, to flash as lightning.
BLENK, BLINK, s.
1. A beam, a ray.
Douglas.
2. "A glimpse of light," S. Sir J. Sinclair's Observ. p. 113.
3. Hence transferred to the transient influence of the rays of the sun, especially in a cold or cloudy day. Thus it is common to speak of "a warm blink," "a clear blink," S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
4. A gleam of prosperity, during adversity.
Godscroft.
5. Also transferred to a glance, a stroke of the eye, or transient view of any object; the idea being borrowed, either from the quick transmission of the rays of light, or from the short-lived influence of the sun when the sky is much obscured with clouds, S.
Douglas.
6. A kindly glance, a transient glance expressive of regard, S.
Burns.
7. A moment. "I'll not stay a blink," I will return immediately. In a blink, in a moment, S.
Ramsay.
Su. G. blink, oegonblink, is a glance, a cast of the eye, oculi nictus; Germ. blick, Belg. blik, oogenblik, id.; the twinkling of the eye, a moment.
BLENT, pret. Glanced, expressing the quick motion of the eye.
Gawan and Gol.
Perhaps allied to Su. G. bliga, blia, intentis oculis aspicere, q. bligent.
BLENT, s. A glance.
Douglas.
BLENT, pret. Lost, as applied to sight.
King's Quair.
Perhaps from A. S. blent, the part. of A. S. blend-ian, caecare, used in a neuter sense; or from A. S. blinn-an, cessare, whence blind, deficiens.
BLENTER, s. A flat stroke; Fife.