Shim"mer, n. A faint, tremulous
light; a gleaming; a glimmer.
TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused . . .
a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet
apartment.
Sir W. Scott.Shim"mer (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Shimmered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Shimmering.] [OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin
to scīmian, scīman, to glitter, D.
schemeren, G. schimmern, Dan. skimre, Sw.
skimra, AS. scīma a light, brightness, Icel.
skīma, Goth. skeima a torch, a lantern, and E.
shine. √157. See Shine, v. i.]
To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine
faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
The shimmering glimpses of a
stream.
Tennyson.