What does "glimmer" mean?
Glimmer: A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam. Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. Tennyson.
Additional senses
- 2.Mica. See Mica. Woodsward. Glimmer gowk, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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