Gleam

Definition of Gleam

v. i.	1.	(Falconry) To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
n.	1.
	1.	A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse. Transient unexpected gleams of joi. - Addison. At last a gleam Of dawning light turned thitherward in haste His [Satan's] traveled steps. - Milton. A glimmer, and then a gleam of light. - Longfellow.
	2.	Brightness; splendor. In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen. - Pope.
v. t.	1.	To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east. [imp. & p. p. Gleamed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gleaming.]
	2.	To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
	1.	To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.). Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights. - Shak.

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