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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Glimmer

/glĭm'-ẽr/ · Glim·mer · IPA /ˈɡlɪmɚ/
01 v. i. To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.
imp. & p. p. Glimmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimmering
  1. 1.
    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.
02 n. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.
  1. 1.
    A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.
    “Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls.” — Tennyson.
  2. 2.
    Mica. See Mica. See: Mica
Phrases & compounds
Glimmer gowk — an owl.