TWINK

TWINK

also TWINCH, TWINCK, TWINCKE, TWINKE, TWYNK, TWYNKE

NOUN
1. a winking of the eye; the time taken by this; a twinkling;
the shortest possible space of time; a moment ...a1400
2. the chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs ...1816
3. a twinkle or sparkle ...1830 rare
4. a sharp, shrewish, grasping woman ...1887 Eng. dial.
5. a jerk; an incompetent fool ...20C US sl.
6. any odd person ...20C US sl.
7. (derogatory) a male homosexual; an effeminate man ...1963 US sl.

VERB
1. to wink, to blink ...c1400 obs.
2. to make a light clear abrupt ringing sound, to clink, to chink ...a1529
3. of a bird: to utter with a shrill metallic note ...1615
4. to twinkle, to sparkle ...1637
5. to chastise; to blame; to find fault with ...1747 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 

ETYMOLOGY
for vb. 1 - Middle English twinken (= Middle High German and German zwinken to wink), 
repr. the simple stem from which twinkle (vb.) is formed

c 1400 (verb 1) - The Tale of Gamelyn;
see below From: The Tale of Gamelyn: 
From the Harleian MS. No. 7334
Edited by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat, 1884
P. 18

(for verb 2)
From: The Poetical Works of Thomas Aird
A New Edition, 1856
A Winter Day
Noon and Afternoon
P. 194