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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glimmer \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}.
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