twinklern.
/ˈtwɪŋklə/, /ˈtwɪŋkl̩ə/, U.S. /ˈtwɪŋk(ə)lər/ One who or that which twinkles.† 1. One who winks; a winker. Obsolete. rare.
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society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > other gestures > [noun] > winking > person who
twinklera1382
winker1715
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxvii. 25 The twynclere with the eȝe forgeth wicke thingus.
2. Anything which emits intermittent, transient, or faint radiance; sometimes applied to eyes.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light > that which glitters
twinkler1605
glistening1631
glittering1670
glitterer1823
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun]
eyeeOE
the fleshly eyec1175
balla1400
window1481
glazier1567
light1580
crystal1592
orb1594
glass1597
optic1601
twinkler1605
lampa1616
watchera1616
wink-a-peeps1615
visive organa1652
ogle1673
peeper1691
goggle?1705
visual orb1725
orbit1727
winker1734
peep?1738
daylights?1747
eyewinker1808
keeker1808
glimmer1814
blinker1816
glim1820
goggler1821
skylight1824
ocular1825
mince pie1857
saucer1858
mince1937
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iv. 134 The Hoast of th'vpper Twincklers bright.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. v. 56 His Dulcinea's twinclers enlarged to the full breadth of Queen Proserpines sawcers.
1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body v. i. 60 A consenting Look with those pretty Twinklers.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxvii. 169 Such a sun in a family, where there are none but faint twinklers.
1802 E. Parsons Myst. Visit I. 18 The small twinkler held by the servant..is perfectly sufficient.
1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab ix. 121 Such tiny twinklers as the planet orbs.
1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. xvii. 246 Be plased..and not be staring at me, following me up and down..with those twinklers of yours.
1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) xvii. 244 Enceladus, and coy Mimas, faintest of twinklers, are caught by Herschel's giant mirrors.
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