Helen Fenton

Blink: Definition and part of speech

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Blink

  1. pl. Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them.
  2. v. i. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
  3. v. i. To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.
  4. v. i. To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
  5. v. i. To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc.
  6. v. t. To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question.
  7. v. t. To trick; to deceive.
  8. v. i. A glimpse or glance.
  9. v. i. Gleam; glimmer; sparkle.
  10. v. i. The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Blinkard: Definition and part of speech

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Blinkard

  1. n. That which twinkles or glances, as a dim star, which appears and disappears.
  2. n. One who blinks with, or as with, weak eyes.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Blinker: Definition and part of speech

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Blinker

  1. pl. A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes form glare, etc.
  2. n. One who, or that which, blinks.
  3. n. A blinder for horses; a flap of leather on a horse’s bridle to prevent him from seeing objects as his side hence, whatever obstructs sight or discernment.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bliss: Definition and part of speech

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Bliss

  1. n. Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Blissful: Definition and part of speech

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Blissful

  1. a. Full of, characterized by, or causing, joy and felicity; happy in the highest degree.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.