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▪ I. glimmering, vbl. n.|ˈglɪmərɪŋ|
[See -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. glimmer; the shining of a faint or wavering light; a twinkle.
c1440Promp. Parv. 199/1 Glymerynge of lyghte..lucubrum. 1529More Comf. agst. Trib. ii. Wks. 1181/2 By the glymeringe of the moone, he had espied..them himself. 1628Gaule Pract. Theor. (1629) 90 Can a Light be shrouded vnder a Bushel, and yeald no glimmering? 1738Gray tr. Tasso 45 Wks. 1836 I. 171 The watery glimmerings of a fainter day Discover'd half, and half conceal'd their way. 1803Wordsw. Green Linnet iv, Shadows and sunny glimmerings, That cover him all over. 1843Prescott Mexico (1850) I. 240 At the first glimmering of light he mustered his army. 1868Lockyer Guillemin's Heavens (ed. 3) 4 Milky Ways..so distant that the most powerful instruments were able only to distinguish a confused glimmering.
fig.c1440Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) i. xlviii, Yf thou maye in clennes of conscyence fele þe homely and the peesful presence of that blessed man Jhesu Cryste as a shadowe or a glemeryng of hym. 1642R. Carpenter Experience ii. xi. 228 Look upon the Transfiguration and admire the beautifull glimmerings of his Godhead. 1711Addison Spect. No. 120 ⁋15 Without the least Glimmerings of Thought or common Sense. a1745Swift Let. fr. Grand Mistr. Free-Masons Wks. 1765 XII. 267 For our guardian will have it so, that the pagan priesthood was always in the druids or masons, and that there was a perceivable glimmering of the jewish rites in it, though much corrupted. 1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 60 The Patient had a Glimmering of Sense. 1856Max Müller Chips (1867) II. xvi. 104 A strange glimmering of the old mythe in the mind of the poet. 1871L. Stephen Playgr. Europe ii. (1894) 36 It is quite possible for a scoffer at the Alps..to have glimmerings of good taste [etc.].
†b. A glance, a look. Obs.—1
1759Compl. Let. Writer (ed. 6) 225 His odious smiles and glimmerings..were thrown away upon her.
2. A partial view, of either a material or immaterial object; a glimpse, an inkling; a faint notion.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 339 Þis kunne we not knowe ful certeyne, but han glymeryng & supposyng. 1470–85Malory Arthur xi. xiv, Syre Percyuale hadde a glemerynge of the vessel and of the mayden that bare hit. 1549Latimer 5th Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 133, I haue but a glymmeringe of it Yet in generally, I remember the scope of it. a1639Wotton Dk. Buckingham (1642) 6 On the way..the baggage post boy, who had been at Court, got (I know not how) a glimering who they were; But his mouth was easily shut. 1851–9Airy Astron. vi. (1868) 236 It is only possible to give a glimmering of what I desire to convey. 1871Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) IV. xviii. 176 We get glimmerings of fighting on the borders of these shires.
▪ II. glimmering, ppl. a.|ˈglɪmərɪŋ|
[See -ing2.]
1. That glimmers (see the vb.).
c1350Will. Palerne 1427 Þe messageres..were arayde..al in glimerand gold. c1435Torr. Portugal 427 Yt ys ase glimyrryng ase the glase. 1590Shakes. Mids. N. ii. i. 77 Didst thou not leade him through the glimmering night. 1649J. H. Motion to Parl. 12 Their glimmering notions were but lighted at our candle. 1682H. More Glanvil's Sad. Triumph., Contn. Remark. Stor. 60 A glimmering light appeared all about the Room. 1750Gray Elegy ii, Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight. 1800Asiat. Ann. Reg. 104/1 By a faint glimmering light it was difficult for the Killedar to recognize the features. 1847Tennyson Princ. Concl. 117 Little Lilia, rising quietly, Disrobed the glimmering statue of Sir Ralph From those rich silks. 1879Trench Poems 3 Some lone fisher, that has stood For days beside the glimmering flood.
†2. glimmering mort [see glimmer n.1 3 a]: a woman who travels the country begging, saying that she has lost her all by fire: = glimmerer. Obs. slang.
1567Harman Caveat (E.E.T.S.) 61 This glimmering Morte..Thys glymmeringe glauncer.
Hence ˈglimmeringly adv.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 5 The darke myste of malice dooth choke..those sparkes, that glimmeringly shined to make them see the glorie of God. 1665Wither Lord's Prayer 41, I have such a strong desire to express what I glimmeringly apprehend of it. 1820Blackw. Mag. VI. 529 The more faintly and glimmeringly one object, as it were, melted into another. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. i. 611 Glimmeringly did a pack of were-wolves pad the snow. |