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.
The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day.
Shak.
Syn. -- To gleam; to glitter. See Gleam, Flash.
© Webster 1913.
Glim"mer, n.
1.
A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.
Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls.
Tennyson.
2.
Mica. See Mica.
Woodsward.
Glimmer gowk, an owl. [Prov. Eng.]
Tennyson.
© Webster 1913.