Part 4839

<h1>Glike</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glike</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gleek</er> a jest.]</ety> <def>A sneer; a flout.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Glim</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glim</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Brightness; splendor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A light or candle.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<i>Dickens.</i>

<cs><col>Douse the glim</col>, <cd>put out the light. <mark>[Slang]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Glimmer</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glim"mer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Glimmered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Glimmering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Akin to G. <ets>glimmer</ets> a faint, trembling light, mica, <ets>glimmern</ets> to glimmer, <ets>glimmen</ets> to shine faintly, glow, Sw. <ets>glimma</ets>, Dan. <ets>glimre</ets>, D. <ets>glimmen</ets>, <ets>glimpen</ets>. See <er>Gleam</er> a ray, and cf. <er>Glimpse</er>.]</ety> <def>To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; <as>as, the <ex>glimmering</ex> dawn; a <ex>glimmering</ex> lamp.</as></def>

<blockquote>The west yet <b>glimmers</b> with some streaks of day. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To gleam; to glitter. See <er>Gleam</er>, <er>Flash</er>.</syn>

<h1>Glimmer</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glim"mer</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.</def>

<blockquote>Gloss of satin and <b>glimmer</b> of pearls. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Mica. See <er>Mica</er>.</def>

<i>Woodsward.</i>

<cs><col>Glimmer gowk</col>, <cd>an owl. <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Glimmering</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glim"mer*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer.</def>

<i>South.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling.</def>

<h1>Glimpse</h1> <Xpage=630>

<hw>Glimpse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[For <ets>glimse</ets>, from the root of <ets>glimmer</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A sudden flash; transient luster.</def>

<blockquote>LIght as the lightning <b>glimpse</b> they ran. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight.</def>

<blockquote>Here hid by shrub wood, there by <b>glimpses</b> seen. <i>S. Rogers.</i></blockquote>