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▪ I. gleamy, a.|ˈgliːmɪ|
[f. gleam n. + -y1.]
1. That gleams or sends forth gleams (of light).
1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 145 So beset they their fore-heads..with glorious borrowed gleamy bushes. 1745Collins Ode Death Col. Foss vi, Again they snatch the gleamy steel. 1821J. Baillie Metr. Leg., Wallace xcv. 13 Her gleamy lakes and torrents clear. 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey v. xv, Fish, gleamy with prismatic hues. 1842Faber Styrian Lake, etc. 269 His eye surfeited with blaze of gems And gleamy metals.
2. That is lighted up by gleams; esp. of weather: marked by intermittent sunshine. Now rare.
1681J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. xli. §7 (1689) 313 Sultry or gleamy day. 1688Clayton in Phil. Trans. XVII. 947 If gleamy Weather happen at that time, it [the tobacco-plant] breeds a small Flie. 1792Wordsw. Descrip. Sketches 214 And antique castles seen through gleamy showers. 1880Disraeli Endym. xii, They caught enticing vistas of the gleamy glades, and the abounding light and shade softened and adorned everything. 1880Blackie in Scotsman 2 Sept., 'Twas a cold gleamy day all hueless and gray. 1889N.W. Linc. Gloss. (ed. 2), Gleamy, weather that is fitful and uncertain. Rain-clouds and sunshine blended is called ‘gleamy’ weather.
b. Of sunshine: Intermittent, coming in gleams.
1883Holme Lee Loving & Serving I. xiv. 261 A gleamy, wild sunshine burst forth. 1892Field 14 May 718/2 The shafts of sunlight are rare and gleamy.
3. Of light or colour: Having the nature of a gleam.
1700Dryden Wife of Bath's T. 214 The moon was up and shot a gleamy light. 1776Mickle tr. Camoens' Lusiad 201 Soon as the gleamy streaks of purple morn The lofty forest's topmost boughs adorn. 1857Birch Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 333 Sometimes the paste is intermingled with micaceous particles..which gives it a gleamy colour when broken. 1867J. Ingelow Dreams that came true lxxi, Stands by his fire, and dulls its gleamy light.
Hence ˈgleaminess.
1830Fraser's Mag. II. 58 Of..the gleaminess which seemeth to fall like an angel's raiment about the form of poetry, the author of the Rambler knew nothing.
▪ II. gleamy
var. gleimy, Obs. |