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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
glister .
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Examples
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Students sometimes were able to predict when they would be "taken up" or called on; if their answers were insufficient, students were "glistered" or disapproved, the professor recording the poor performance in his grade book.
The Purposes of a University Education Erika Lindemann 2004
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As morning star, dew glistered web, I am your alastor.
Archive 2009-07-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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As morning star, dew glistered web, I am your alastor.
The Lucifer Cantos 2/13 Hal Duncan 2009
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When she set it on the table in front of Inman, he looked down on the plate and nearly cried as he watched the butter melt across the egg yolks and the whites and the brown meat and the yellow grits until the whole plate glistered in the taper light.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003
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Stars glistered in blackness, but eastward the sky was lightening.
Operation Luna Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1999
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When she set it on the table in front of Inman, he looked down on the plate and nearly cried as he watched the butter melt across the egg yolks and the whites and the brown meat and the yellow grits until the whole plate glistered in the taper light.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997
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About two kilometers hence, close to the southern horizon, a metallic band glistered from edge to edge of vision, some three meters wide.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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About two kilometers hence, close to the southern horizon, a metallic band glistered from edge to edge of vision, some three meters wide.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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Downhill glistered the city, lights in constellations and fountains, upward radiance of towers, firefly dance of arrears.
The Rebel Worlds Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1972
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The light about her grew clearer and more lustrous; the faint strains of melody more glorious, and the perfumed air sweeter still; and lo! the whole place was thronged with white-winged spirits, clad all in garments so pure and spotless that they glistered at every turn.
Dreamland Julie Mathilde Lippmann
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