- 1. v. i. To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. Source: opted
- 2. n. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam. Source: opted
- 3. n. Mica. See Mica. Source: opted
- 4. n. a flash of light (especially reflected light) Source: wordnet
- 5. n. a slight suggestion or vague understanding Source: wordnet
- 6. v. shine brightly, like a star or a light Source: wordnet
- 7. To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Shak. Syn. -- To gleam; to glitter. See Gleam, Flash. 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. Woodsward. Glimmer gowk, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson. Source: webster
- 8. To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; toshow a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmeringlamp.The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Shak. Source: adambom
- 9. v:31/n:69 n a flash of light (especially reflected light) n a slight suggestion or vague understanding v shine brightly, like a star or a light Source: ecdict
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