GLIMMER
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Glim"mer (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimmered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glimmering.] [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See Gleam a ray, and cf. Glimpse.] To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.
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The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day.
Shak.
Syn. -- To gleam; to glitter. See Gleam, Flash.
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Glim"mer, n. 1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.
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Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls.
Tennyson.
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2. Mica. See Mica. Woodsward.
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Glimmer gowk, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson.
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