Glimmer
Glimmer , intransitive verb
[Akin to German glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Swedish glimma, Danish glimre, Dutch glimmen, glimpen. See Gleam a ray, and compare 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.
Glimmer , noun
1.
A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.
Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls.
2.
Mica. See Mica. — Woodsward
Collocations (1)
Glimmer gowk , an owl. [Provincial English] — Tennyson