glisten : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: glisten	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for glisten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glisten n the quality of shining with a bright reflected light [syn: glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle] v be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn: glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glisten \Glis"ten\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glistened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glistening}.] [OE. glistnian, akin to glisnen, glisien, AS. glisian, glisnian, akin to E. glitter. See {Glitter}, v. i., and cf. {Glister}, v. i.] To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars. Syn: See {Flash}.