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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shimmering  \Shim"mer*ing\,  n. 
  A  gleam  or  glimmering.  ``A  little  shimmering  of  a  light.'' 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shimmer  \Shim"mer\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shimmered};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Shimmering}.]  [OE.  schimeren  AS  scimerian  akin  to 
  sc[=i]mian,  sc[=i]man,  to  glitter,  D.  schemeren  G. 
  schimmern  Dan.  skimre  Sw  skimra  AS  sc[=i]ma  a  light, 
  brightness,  Icel.  sk[=i]ma,  Goth.  skeima  a  torch,  a  lantern, 
  and  E.  shine.  [root]157.  See  {Shine},  v.  i.] 
  To  shine  with  a  tremulous  or  intermittent  light;  to  shine 
  faintly;  to  gleam;  to  glisten;  to  glimmer. 
 
  The  shimmering  glimpses  of  a  stream.  --Tennyson. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shimmering 
  adj  :  glistening  tremulously;  "the  shimmering  surface  of  the 
  lake";  "a  dress  of  shimmery  satin"  [syn:  {shimmering(a)}, 
  {shimmery}] 




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