gleaming

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Bitterly, 'This party never even knew who his proud parents were Is that'--gleaming--'is that true It's gospel Heaven be praised Eh?

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  1. A flash or ray of light, or something comparable to it; a gleam. Ye gleamings of departed peace, Shine out your last. Thomson, Spring, l. 1082.

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gleaming:   gleam ·  gleamed
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  1. from Middle English glemynge; verbal noun of gleam, v.
 

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