blinkard

Blinkard

Blink"ard\, n. [Blind + -ard.]

1. One who blinks with, or as with, weak eyes.

Among the blind the one-eyed blinkard reigns. --Marvell.

2. That which twinkles or glances, as a dim star, which appears and disappears. --Hakewill.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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