glimmer

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For the glimmer was visible from very far, and familiar as a lighthouse to wandering ships at sea.

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  1. noun A dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light.
  2. noun A faint manifestation or indication; a trace: a glimmer of understanding.
  3. intransitive verb To emit a dim or intermittent light. See Synonyms at flash.
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gleam ·  glow ·  shimmer ·  spark ·  blur ·  sheen ·  glitter ·  streak ·  flare ·  glimpse ·  radiance ·  tinge

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glimmer:   glimmers ·  glimmering
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  1. Middle English glimeren, to glitter, glimmer; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English glimeren, glemeren = Low German glimmern = Middle High German G. glimmern = Danish glimre = Swedish glimra, glimmer; freq. of glim, v.
  2. = Germanglimmer, a glimmer, mica, = Swedish glimmer, mica, dial. glimmer, = Danish glimmer, glitter, mica; from the verb.
 

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