shimmer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shimmer	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for shimmer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shimmer n a weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water" Synonym(s): shimmer, play v shine with a weak or fitful light; "Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight" give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shimmer \Shim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shimmered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shimmering}.] [OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin to sc[c6]mian, sc[c6]man, to glitter, D. schemeren, G. schimmern, Dan. skimre, Sw. skimra, AS. sc[c6]ma a light, brightness, Icel. sk[c6]ma, Goth. skeima a torch, a lantern, and E. shine. [root]157. See {Shine}, v. i.] To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer. The shimmering glimpses of a stream. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shimmer \Shim"mer\, n. A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer. TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused . . . a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment. --Sir W. Scott.