Flinked?

Here is a word that gave me pause while reading: flinked.  It occurs on page 10, during an initial description of the island: "Out there, perhaps a mile away, the white surf flinked on a coral reef, and beyond that the open sea was dark blue."

I had to check out this new word!  What kind of verb is this?  Transitive or intransitive?  Can I "flink" something?  Perhaps we can add it to WTF - What the flink?  What does "flinked" mean?

The best explanation for our novel comes from WikiAnswers:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_definition_of_flinked_from_Lord_of_the_Flies.

So you don't have to click thru:

Quote.. "The white surf flinked on a coral reef..." The word flinked appears to have been invented by the author and in this passage seems to be suggesting the distant flickering glint of white caused by the waves breaking on the coral reef. It has been suggested that the word was formed from a combination of the words flashed and winked.
That's cool, I guess.  To me, one usually sees such inventive language and word creation more often in poetry, especially for a word that is not central to the meaning of the literary work.  "Flinked" is an intellectual amusement or curiosity, and not much more.

Other online references were not helpful, though interesting.  These you can click thru.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flink

http://www.word-detective.com/2011/03/flink/

I cannot recommend Urban Dictionary. ;-)