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.
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.