glistering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: glistering	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for glistering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glistering adj having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term" Synonym(s): aglitter(p), coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glister \Glis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glistered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glistering}.] [OE. glistren; akin to G. glistern,glinstern, D. glinsteren, and E. glisten. See {Glisten}.] To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter. All that glisters is not gold. --Shak.