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Pronunciation : Glim"mer
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : Defn: 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Glimmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimmering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Glim"mer
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913