glisten

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Twenty miles average daily working distance, frequently with an extra ten-mile walk back to the car, already had rounded the erstwhile captain of the Varsity rugby champions into tackling condition In spite of the fact that he had been up all night, therefore, his eyes were bright with the mirror glisten which is the gift of long hours in the open air.

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  1. intransitive verb To shine by reflection with a sparkling luster. See Synonyms at flash.
  2. noun A sparkling, lustrous shine.

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  • Continue to stir gently but continuously until the roux begins to glisten, about five minutes. —  WordPress.com News
  • Why did his cold eye glisten, and his heart leap up as they went past? —  A Christmas Carol
  • Why did his cold eye glisten, and his heart leap up as they went past! —  Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6
  • Twenty miles average daily working distance, frequently with an extra ten-mile walk back to the car, already had rounded the erstwhile captain of the Varsity rugby champions into tackling condition In spite of the fact that he had been up all night, therefore, his eyes were bright with the mirror glisten which is the gift of long hours in the open air. —  Every Man for Himself
  • His eyes glisten, his lips smile, witticisms drop from his mouth, his countenance beams with merriment and youthful joy. —  The Youth of the Great Elector
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  1. Middle English glisnen, from Old English glisnian; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also glissen; from Middle English glistnen, from Anglo-Saxon glisnian, glisten, shine; with verb-formative -n, from the base glis-, seen also in Anglo-Saxon glisian, Middle English glisien, shine, glissen, glance: see gliss. Cf. glist, glister.
  2. from glisten, v.
 

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