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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Twinkle \Twin"kle\ (tw[i^][ng]"k'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Twinkled} (tw[i^][ng]"k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Twinkling}
(tw[i^][ng]"kl[i^]ng).] [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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