TWINKLINGS
Noun
twinklings
plural of twinkling
Source: Wiktionary
TWINKLING
Twin"kling, n.
1. The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement
of the eye; a wink; a twinkle. Holland.
2. A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling;
as, the twinkling of the stars.
3. The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, . . . the
dead shall be raised incorruptible. 1 Cor. xv. 52.
TWINKLE
Twin"kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twinkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Twinkling.]
Etym: [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.
The owl fell a moping and twinkling. L' Estrange.
2. To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to
flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
These stars not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have
large apertures. Sir I. Newton.
The western sky twinkled with stars. Sir W. Scott.
Twin"kle, n.
1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or
sparkle of the eye.
Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye, The damsel broke his misintended
dart. Spenser.
2. A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
3. The time of a wink; a twinkling. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition