blinter

blinter
\\ˈblintə(r)\ intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: probably freq. of obsolete Scots blent to gleam, glance, from Middle English (northern dialect) blenten, from blent, blenked past participle of blenken to deceive, swerve, gleam, glance, from Old English blencan to deceive — more at blench

the firelight blintered on her face


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  • Old High German declension — Old High German is an inflected language, and as such its nouns, pronouns, and adjectives must be declined in order to serve a grammatical function. A set of declined forms of the same word pattern is called a declension. There are five… …   Wikipedia

  • БЛИНТЕР — (англ, blinter) порыв ветра в Шотландии. Ср. Блейз …   Словарь ветров

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