That shuts the eyes or one eye intermittently or for an instant; blinking; †slumbering, sleepy; in Old English as noun = the blind.

Looking with twinkling or half-open eyelids; winking; weak-eyed.

Of the eyes: Habitually blinking. Hence blink-eyed adj. Also figurative.

Of the eyes: blinking, unsteady. Obsolete.

Affected with a blink or blinking.

blinking, blear-eyed (see quots.).

Winking, blinking. Obsolete.

Adapted for winking or blinking; nictitating. Also (occasionally): giving the appearance of winking or blinking.

Inclined to blink.

Winking, blinking. Also in extended use.