From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Shimmer \Shim"mer\, n.
A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.
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TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused . . .
a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet
apartment. --Sir W.
Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Shimmer \Shim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shimmered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Shimmering}.] [OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin to
sc[imac]mian, sc[imac]man, to glitter, D. schemeren, G.
schimmern, Dan. skimre, Sw. skimra, AS. sc[imac]ma a light,
brightness, Icel. sk[imac]ma, Goth. skeima a torch, a
lantern, and E. shine. [root]157. See {Shine}, v. i.]
To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine
faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
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The shimmering glimpses of a stream. --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shimmer
n 1: a weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on
iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water"
[syn: {shimmer}, {play}]
v 1: shine with a weak or fitful light; "Beech leaves shimmered
in the moonlight"
2: give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
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