From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Glint \Glint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glinted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Glinting}.] [OE. glenten. Cf. {Glance}, v. i., {Glitter}, v.
i.]
To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to
glitter. --Burns.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
glinting \glinting\ adj.
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; as,
glinting eyes; glinting water.
Syn: aglitter(predicate), fulgid, glittering, glittery,
scintillant, scintillating, scintillescent,
sparkling(prenominal), sparkly.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glinting
adj 1: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
"his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating
stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is
an archaic term" [syn: {aglitter(p)}, {coruscant},
{fulgid}, {glinting}, {glistering}, {glittering},
{glittery}, {scintillant}, {scintillating}, {sparkly}]
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