Blin \Blin\, v. t. & i. [OE. blinnen, AS. blinnan; pref. be- + linnan to cease.] To stop; to cease; to desist. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Blin \Blin\, n. [AS. blinn.] Cessation; end. [Obs.]
blin \blin\, n.; pl. {blini}, {bliny} or {blinis}. [Russian.] a thin buckwheat pancake made with yeast and usually filled with sour cream and folded over. See also {blini}. [PJC]
blini \bli"ni\ (bl[=e]"n[=e]; bl[i^]"n[=e]), n. pl.; sing. {blin}. [Russian.] Russian pancakes of buckwheat flour and yeast, sometimes made from white flour; they are usually served folded over, with caviar and sour cream on the inside; -- properly, it is a plural word (from the Russian plural of blin) but in America, often used as singular; thus the common plural {blinis}.