Part 4832

<hw>Glead</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A live coal. See <er>Gleed</er>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<h1>Gleam</h1> <Xpage=629>

<hw>Gleam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>glem</ets> birdlime, glue, phlegm, and E. <ets>englaimed</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <def>To disgorge filth, as a hawk.</def>

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<hw>Gleam</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>glem</ets>, <ets>gleam</ets>, AS. <ets>gl\'91m</ets>, prob. akin to E. <ets>glimmer</ets>, and perh. to Gr. <?/ warm, <?/ to warm. Cf. <er>Glitter</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.</def>

<blockquote>Transient unexpected <b>gleams</b> of joi. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>At last a <b>gleam</b> Of dawning light turned thitherward in haste His [Satan's] traveled steps. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A glimmer, and then a <b>gleam</b> of light. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Brightness; splendor.</def>

<blockquote>In the clear azure <b>gleam</b> the flocks are seen. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gleam</h1> <Xpage=629>

<hw>Gleam</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gleamed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gleaming</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; <as>as, at the dawn, light <ex>gleams</ex> in the east</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To shine; to cast light; to glitter.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To <er>Gleam</er>, <er>Glimmer</er>, <er>Glitter</er>.</syn> <usage> To <i>gleam</i> denotes a faint but distinct emission of light. To <i>glimmer</i> describes an indistinct and unsteady giving of light. To <i>glitter</i> imports a brightness that is intense, but varying. The morning light <i>gleams</i> upon the earth; a distant taper <i>glimmers</i> through the mist; a dewdrop <i>glitters</i> in the sun. See <er>Flash</er>.</usage>

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<hw>Gleam</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.).</def>

<blockquote>Dying eyes <b>gleamed</b> forth their ashy lights. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gleamy</h1> <Xpage=629>

<hw>Gleam"y</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing; coruscating.</def>

<blockquote>In brazed arms, that cast a <b>gleamy</b> ray, Swift through the town the warrior bends his way. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Glean</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glean</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gleaned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gleaning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>glenen</ets>, OF. <ets>glener</ets>, <ets>glaner</ets>, F. <ets>glaner</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>glenare</ets>; cf. W. <ets>glan</ets> clean, <ets>glanh<?/u</ets> to clean, purify, or AS. <ets>gelm</ets>, <ets>gilm</ets>, a hand<?/ul.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>glean</b> the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.</def>