From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Glimmering \Glim"mer*ing\, n.
1. Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer. --South.
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2. A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Glimmer \Glim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glimmered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Glimmering}.] [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}.]
To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly;
to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a
glimmering lamp.
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The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. --Shak.
Syn: To gleam; to glitter. See {Gleam}, {Flash}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glimmering
n 1: a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no
inkling what was about to happen" [syn: {inkling},
{intimation}, {glimmering}, {glimmer}]
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