SHIMMER
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Shim"mer (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shimmered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shimmering.] [OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin to sc&ī;mian, sc&ī;man, to glitter, D. schemeren, G. schimmern, Dan. skimre, Sw. skimra, AS. sc&ī;ma a light, brightness, Icel. sk&ī;ma, Goth. skeima a torch, a lantern, and E. shine. √157. See Shine, v. i.] To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
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The shimmering glimpses of a stream.
Tennyson.
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Shim"mer, n. A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.
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TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused . . . a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment.
Sir W. Scott.
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