Glimmer

Definition of Glimmer

Glim´mer
v. i.1.To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.
[imp. & p. p. Glimmered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimmering.]
The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day.
- Shak.
n.1.A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.
Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls.
- Tennyson.
2.Mica. See Mica.
Glimmer gowk
an owl.
- Tennyson.

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