Noah Webster
Twinkling
TWIN'KLING, noun A sparkling; a shining with intermitted light; as the twinkling of the stars.
1. A motion of the eye.
2. A moment; an instant; the time of a wink.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump--the dead shall be raised incorruptible. 1 Corinthians 15:52.
TWIN'KLING, participle present tense Sparkling.