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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Glimmering \Glim"mer*ing\, n. 1. Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer. --South. 2. A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Glimmer \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. The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day --Shak. Syn: To gleam; to glitter. See {Gleam}, {Flash}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: glimmering adj : shining softly and intermittently; "the glimmering mist of a spring rain splashed by sun and streaked by rainbow"- Claudia Cassidy "glimmering candlelight" [syn: {glimmery}]
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