glintn.¹

Brit.

/ɡlɪnt/, U.S.

/ɡlɪnt/

Forms: See also glent n.

Etymology: < glint v.The text of the first quot. is insecure, and the existence of the word before 19th cent. is therefore doubtful.

a. A gleam; a faint or momentary appearance of light or of some lustrous object.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker

blenka1400

blushc1400

gleamc1440

glance?a1513

glinta1542

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glimmera1616

glimble1658

blink1717

glent1728

shimmer1821

glisk1824

flicker1849

glist1864

styme1888

a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 122 The glint of lyght that in the Ayre doth lome.

1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxvi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 748 Their daughters..who have been singing at their domestic toils, frae the earliest glint o' morn.

1861 Court Life at Naples II. 255 The last glint of the lamp as we drove off showed me the face of my husband.

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 June 4 Glints of blue sky come through the tall open windows.

1885 A. J. C. Hare Stud. Russia iii. 128 The detached groups of..birches and firs, and the lovely glints of sea between them.

figurative.1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold I. x. 150 Can you not give a poor soul one glint of consolation?

b. Shining appearance; shine.

ΚΠ

1844 J. R. Lowell Ghost-seer in Poet. Wks. (1879) 84 But it has the cold, hard glint Of new dollars from the mint.

a. A passing look, a glance; a momentary view, glimpse. Chiefly Scottish or northern.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > sight of something > [noun] > glimpse

sightc1275

gliff1570

glemish1576

glent?1577

glimpse1580

interview1610

catch1775

styme1776

vizy1785

peep1793

snatch1816

waff1818

glint1838

1838 A. Rodger in Whistle-Binkie 1st Ser. (ed. 2) 43 When ilka glint, conveys a hint To tak a smack—before folk.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Glint, a glimpse. ‘I nobbut just got a glint o' my lady as she was walkin' doon to th' chech.’

1883 W. Black Shandon Bells xxx I..was having a glint at the newspaper.

1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums ix. 86 They gie ye a glint o' their een.

b. = gliff n. 1b.

ΚΠ

1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth I. iv. 101 She's a pretty creature, with a glint of her mother about her.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

glintn.²

Brit.

/ɡlɪnt/, U.S.

/ɡlɪnt/

Etymology: < Swedish klint cliff, Norwegian klint cliff by the sea: cognate with clint n.

Geology.

An escarpment of almost horizontal strata formed as a result of denudation of the adjacent lower rocks. Also attributive, as glint lake n. a lake formed by glacial excavation at a glint. glint line n. the line followed by a glint, esp. that on the edge of the Baltic shield.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [noun]

cliffOE

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rochec1300

clougha1400

heugha1400

brackc1530

clift1567

perpendicular1604

precipice1607

precipe1615

precipit1623

abrupt1624

scar1673

bluff1687

rock wall1755

krantz1785

linn1799

scarp1802

scaur1805

escarpment1815

rock face1820

escarp1856

hag1868

glint1906

scarping1909

stone-cliff1912

ledra1942

1906 H. B. C. Sollas & W. J. Sollas tr. E. Suess Face of Earth II. 65 In Russia the feature formed by these basset edges is known as the glint, and we shall in future employ this term for long lines of escarpment formed of flat-lying beds, when they are due, not to fracture, but to denudation. The glint of each of the two shields is marked by a long series of freshwater lakes.

1906 H. B. C. Sollas & W. J. Sollas tr. E. Suess Face of Earth II. ii. 65 The glint line of the Baltic shield runs..through the gulf of Finland, which also has the position of a glint lake.

1939 Geogr. Jrnl. 93 234 The large glint lakes bordering the Canadian Shield.

1959 S. W. Wooldridge & R. S. Morgan Outl. Geomorphol. (ed. 2) vi. 81 The south-eastern limit in Scandinavia [of the Caledonian ranges] is the famous ‘glint-line’, along which the folded terrain adjoins the Baltic or Fenno-Scandian block, which functioned as the hinterland in the original folding.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† glintadj.

Etymology: Compare Swedish (dialect) glinta to slip on ice: see glint v.

Obsolete.

Slippery.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and slippery > specific on which one may slip

sliddera1000

slidderya1250

slipperc1290

slidingc1325

slithera1340

glintc1475

slippery1535

slippy1548

sliddy1623

slidy1880

skiddy1902

c1475 Partenay 4934 Fro that place glint þat full hy tho was, Don vppon the Roch A fall gan purchas.

1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 572 Go softly, she sayd, the stones be full glint.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

glintv.

Brit.

/ɡlɪnt/, U.S.

/ɡlɪnt/

Etymology: Rare in the 15th cent.; subsequently first in Scots writers of the 18th cent.; it was adopted into English literary use in the 19th cent. Probably an altered form of the earlier glent v., which the rhyme shows to have been the original reading in two of the 15th cent. passages; compare hint as the northern form of hent v.¹

1. intransitive. To move quickly, esp. obliquely; to glance aside; = glent v. 1a, 1b.

ΘΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > move sideways [verb (intransitive)] > move obliquely

glentc1330

lean1398

slenta1400

glintc1440

skew1488

sklent1513

slanta1849

sashay1865

cater1873

diagonalize1884

shail1895

c1440 Partonope 1036 Suche a dynt That thurgh his hede hit glynt.

c1440 Generydes 2481 With his swerd when that his stroke glynt Owt of ther sadill full redely they went.

1788 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum II. 183 How slow ye move, ye heavy hours... It was na sae ye glinted by, When I was wi' my dearie.

1803 C. K. Sharpe Murder of Caerlaveroc in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 338 Ae fire-flaught darted through the rain,..And glinted o'er the raging main.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. iv. iii. 253 From the mirth of sunny Leofwine sorrow glints aside.

a. To shine with a flashing light; to glance, gleam, glitter. Also with forth.

ΘΠ

the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker

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blenk1303

leamc1330

blysnec1400

glimmerc1400

glimpsec1400

glintc1440

glim1481

lemyrea1500

glimster1565

glance1568

flicker1608

simper1633

gloat1644

gleen1662

shimper1674

blink1786

skimmer1788

flash1791

sheen1812

glinter1851

flimmer1880

c1440 Generydes 6088 The fyre sparkelid and fro the harneys glynt [rhyme-word went].

1786 R. Burns Holy Fair i, in Poems 41 The rising sun, our Galston Muirs Wi' glorious light was glintan.

1806 H. Macneill Poet. Wks. (new ed.) II. 139 The sun-beams glint sae cheerfu'.

1828 T. Aird in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 712/1 Sickles were seen glinting on the far yellow uplands.

1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 55 Leaves Between which the light glints.

1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities i. iv. 11 The specks of sale that glinted in the sunlight far at sea.

1860 G. J. Whyte-Melville Holmby House 269 As the sun glinted back from a dozen of carbines.

1863 M. Taylor Tara xiii The sun's gleams..glinting from spear-head, morion, and steel armour..lighted up faces of varied character.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Th' sun glinted upo' th' glass winders that bad that I was omust blind wi' it.

1879 G. MacDonald Paul Faber III. iii. 38 A few silvery threads glinted in his hair.

1879 J. D. Long tr. Virgil Æneid viii. 29 As when the sunshine or the moonlight clear, Dancing on water in a brazen vat, Glints everywhere.

1888 H. R. Haggard Col. Quaritch vii His face working with passion and his grey eyes glinting.

figurative.1865 Reader Feb. 158/2 The magic effects that glint forth from his quaint words and phrases.

b. transitive (causatively).

ΘΠ

the world > matter > light > reflection > [verb (transitive)]

rebounda1450

reflexc1536

reflect1555

return1557

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retort1609

refract1621

reverberate1638

to throw back1698

flash1716

to give back1831

glint1844

1844 J. R. Lowell Poet. Wks. (1879) 373 The willow..glints his steely aglets in the sun.

1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton ii. 15 The window of some..tavern glints back the light.

1889 19th Cent. Oct. 684 The morning sun..is glinted back, as from a hundred heliographs from the golden domes on your left.

1893 W. S. Burrell & E. E. Cuthell Indian Mem. 174 The sun glinted the boughs overhead.

a. intransitive. To peep, take a glance. Cf. glent v. 2.

ΘΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > glance or look quickly

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gliffc1330

gleam1340

blenka1375

keekc1405

glidec1425

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runa1500

glish1570

glance1582

to glance one's eye, look1590

blink1592

squint1610

reflect1611

teet1710

glisk1720

glint1888

1888 Cent. Mag. XXXV. 448 Glinting around, [he] asked for the tenth time if [etc.].

1891 R. P. Chope Dial. Hartland, Devonshire (at cited word) Doan' ee stan' there glintin' roun' the cornder.

b. quasi-transitive. To glance (the eye).

1832–53 W. Cross in Whistle-Binkie 3rd Ser. (Sc. Songs) 18 She glintit her e'e at him slyly.

Derivatives

ˈglinted adj.

1868 E. R. Sill Serenity i. Poems 100 Shimmering and trembling, Doth the glinted star-shine Sparkle and cease.

ˈglinting adj.

ΘΠ

the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > gleaming, glimmering, or flickering

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1883 Daily News 22 Sept. 3/4 Those glinting blue-green feathers which originate on the drake's neck and breast.

1884 St. James's Gaz. 10 May 6/2 The glinting silver of the statuette.

1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums xix. 178 But let Kitty, or any other maid, cast a glinting eye on Jamie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹a1542

n.²1906

adj.c1475

v.c1440

单词	glint
释义	glintn.¹ Brit. /ɡlɪnt/, U.S. /ɡlɪnt/ Forms: See also glent n. Etymology: < glint v.The text of the first quot. is insecure, and the existence of the word before 19th cent. is therefore doubtful. 1. a. A gleam; a faint or momentary appearance of light or of some lustrous object. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker blenka1400 blushc1400 gleamc1440 glance?a1513 glinta1542 glish1570 glimpse1603 glimmera1616 glimble1658 blink1717 glent1728 shimmer1821 glisk1824 flicker1849 glist1864 styme1888 a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 122 The glint of lyght that in the Ayre doth lome. 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxvi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 748 Their daughters..who have been singing at their domestic toils, frae the earliest glint o' morn. 1861 Court Life at Naples II. 255 The last glint of the lamp as we drove off showed me the face of my husband. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 June 4 Glints of blue sky come through the tall open windows. 1885 A. J. C. Hare Stud. Russia iii. 128 The detached groups of..birches and firs, and the lovely glints of sea between them. figurative.1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold I. x. 150 Can you not give a poor soul one glint of consolation? b. Shining appearance; shine. ΚΠ 1844 J. R. Lowell Ghost-seer in Poet. Wks. (1879) 84 But it has the cold, hard glint Of new dollars from the mint. 2. a. A passing look, a glance; a momentary view, glimpse. Chiefly Scottish or northern. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > sight of something > [noun] > glimpse sightc1275 gliff1570 glemish1576 glent?1577 glimpse1580 interview1610 catch1775 styme1776 vizy1785 peep1793 snatch1816 waff1818 glint1838 1838 A. Rodger in Whistle-Binkie 1st Ser. (ed. 2) 43 When ilka glint, conveys a hint To tak a smack—before folk. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Glint, a glimpse. ‘I nobbut just got a glint o' my lady as she was walkin' doon to th' chech.’ 1883 W. Black Shandon Bells xxx I..was having a glint at the newspaper. 1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums ix. 86 They gie ye a glint o' their een. b. = gliff n. 1b. ΚΠ 1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth I. iv. 101 She's a pretty creature, with a glint of her mother about her. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). glintn.² Brit. /ɡlɪnt/, U.S. /ɡlɪnt/ Etymology: < Swedish klint cliff, Norwegian klint cliff by the sea: cognate with clint n. Geology. An escarpment of almost horizontal strata formed as a result of denudation of the adjacent lower rocks. Also attributive, as glint lake n. a lake formed by glacial excavation at a glint. glint line n. the line followed by a glint, esp. that on the edge of the Baltic shield. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [noun] cliffOE cleoa1300 cleevec1300 rochec1300 clougha1400 heugha1400 brackc1530 clift1567 perpendicular1604 precipice1607 precipe1615 precipit1623 abrupt1624 scar1673 bluff1687 rock wall1755 krantz1785 linn1799 scarp1802 scaur1805 escarpment1815 rock face1820 escarp1856 hag1868 glint1906 scarping1909 stone-cliff1912 ledra1942 1906 H. B. C. Sollas & W. J. Sollas tr. E. Suess Face of Earth II. 65 In Russia the feature formed by these basset edges is known as the glint, and we shall in future employ this term for long lines of escarpment formed of flat-lying beds, when they are due, not to fracture, but to denudation. The glint of each of the two shields is marked by a long series of freshwater lakes. 1906 H. B. C. Sollas & W. J. Sollas tr. E. Suess Face of Earth II. ii. 65 The glint line of the Baltic shield runs..through the gulf of Finland, which also has the position of a glint lake. 1939 Geogr. Jrnl. 93 234 The large glint lakes bordering the Canadian Shield. 1959 S. W. Wooldridge & R. S. Morgan Outl. Geomorphol. (ed. 2) vi. 81 The south-eastern limit in Scandinavia [of the Caledonian ranges] is the famous ‘glint-line’, along which the folded terrain adjoins the Baltic or Fenno-Scandian block, which functioned as the hinterland in the original folding. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † glintadj. Etymology: Compare Swedish (dialect) glinta to slip on ice: see glint v. Obsolete. Slippery. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and slippery > specific on which one may slip sliddera1000 slidderya1250 slipperc1290 slidingc1325 slithera1340 glintc1475 slippery1535 slippy1548 sliddy1623 slidy1880 skiddy1902 c1475 Partenay 4934 Fro that place glint þat full hy tho was, Don vppon the Roch A fall gan purchas. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 572 Go softly, she sayd, the stones be full glint. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). glintv. Brit. /ɡlɪnt/, U.S. /ɡlɪnt/ Etymology: Rare in the 15th cent.; subsequently first in Scots writers of the 18th cent.; it was adopted into English literary use in the 19th cent. Probably an altered form of the earlier glent v., which the rhyme shows to have been the original reading in two of the 15th cent. passages; compare hint as the northern form of hent v.¹ 1. intransitive. To move quickly, esp. obliquely; to glance aside; = glent v. 1a, 1b. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > move sideways [verb (intransitive)] > move obliquely glentc1330 lean1398 slenta1400 glintc1440 skew1488 sklent1513 slanta1849 sashay1865 cater1873 diagonalize1884 shail1895 c1440 Partonope 1036 Suche a dynt That thurgh his hede hit glynt. c1440 Generydes 2481 With his swerd when that his stroke glynt Owt of ther sadill full redely they went. 1788 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum II. 183 How slow ye move, ye heavy hours... It was na sae ye glinted by, When I was wi' my dearie. 1803 C. K. Sharpe Murder of Caerlaveroc in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 338 Ae fire-flaught darted through the rain,..And glinted o'er the raging main. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. iv. iii. 253 From the mirth of sunny Leofwine sorrow glints aside. 2. a. To shine with a flashing light; to glance, gleam, glitter. Also with forth. ΘΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker shimmera1100 blenk1303 leamc1330 blysnec1400 glimmerc1400 glimpsec1400 glintc1440 glim1481 lemyrea1500 glimster1565 glance1568 flicker1608 simper1633 gloat1644 gleen1662 shimper1674 blink1786 skimmer1788 flash1791 sheen1812 glinter1851 flimmer1880 c1440 Generydes 6088 The fyre sparkelid and fro the harneys glynt [rhyme-word went]. 1786 R. Burns Holy Fair i, in Poems 41 The rising sun, our Galston Muirs Wi' glorious light was glintan. 1806 H. Macneill Poet. Wks. (new ed.) II. 139 The sun-beams glint sae cheerfu'. 1828 T. Aird in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 712/1 Sickles were seen glinting on the far yellow uplands. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 55 Leaves Between which the light glints. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities i. iv. 11 The specks of sale that glinted in the sunlight far at sea. 1860 G. J. Whyte-Melville Holmby House 269 As the sun glinted back from a dozen of carbines. 1863 M. Taylor Tara xiii The sun's gleams..glinting from spear-head, morion, and steel armour..lighted up faces of varied character. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Th' sun glinted upo' th' glass winders that bad that I was omust blind wi' it. 1879 G. MacDonald Paul Faber III. iii. 38 A few silvery threads glinted in his hair. 1879 J. D. Long tr. Virgil Æneid viii. 29 As when the sunshine or the moonlight clear, Dancing on water in a brazen vat, Glints everywhere. 1888 H. R. Haggard Col. Quaritch vii His face working with passion and his grey eyes glinting. figurative.1865 Reader Feb. 158/2 The magic effects that glint forth from his quaint words and phrases. b. transitive (causatively). ΘΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [verb (transitive)] rebounda1450 reflexc1536 reflect1555 return1557 repercuss1604 retort1609 refract1621 reverberate1638 to throw back1698 flash1716 to give back1831 glint1844 1844 J. R. Lowell Poet. Wks. (1879) 373 The willow..glints his steely aglets in the sun. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton ii. 15 The window of some..tavern glints back the light. 1889 19th Cent. Oct. 684 The morning sun..is glinted back, as from a hundred heliographs from the golden domes on your left. 1893 W. S. Burrell & E. E. Cuthell Indian Mem. 174 The sun glinted the boughs overhead. 3. a. intransitive. To peep, take a glance. Cf. glent v. 2. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > glance or look quickly glent1303 gliffc1330 gleam1340 blenka1375 keekc1405 glidec1425 gliffen1489 runa1500 glish1570 glance1582 to glance one's eye, look1590 blink1592 squint1610 reflect1611 teet1710 glisk1720 glint1888 1888 Cent. Mag. XXXV. 448 Glinting around, [he] asked for the tenth time if [etc.]. 1891 R. P. Chope Dial. Hartland, Devonshire (at cited word) Doan' ee stan' there glintin' roun' the cornder. b. quasi-transitive. To glance (the eye). Π 1832–53 W. Cross in Whistle-Binkie 3rd Ser. (Sc. Songs) 18 She glintit her e'e at him slyly. Derivatives ˈglinted adj. Π 1868 E. R. Sill Serenity i. Poems 100 Shimmering and trembling, Doth the glinted star-shine Sparkle and cease. ˈglinting adj. ΘΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > gleaming, glimmering, or flickering levininga1340 leaming1387 gloringa1400 gleamingc1400 glimpsing1551 shimmering1558 glooming1579 brandishing1581 gleamy1593 glancing1596 glimmering1600 flickering1608 flashing1616 blinking1681 glimmerous1793 skimmeringa1800 aglimmer1828 agleam1854 aglint1871 aglance1880 glinting1883 shimmery1883 glimmery1906 1883 Daily News 22 Sept. 3/4 Those glinting blue-green feathers which originate on the drake's neck and breast. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 10 May 6/2 The glinting silver of the statuette. 1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums xix. 178 But let Kitty, or any other maid, cast a glinting eye on Jamie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1542n.²1906adj.c1475v.c1440
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glintn.1

glintn.2

† glintadj.

glintv.

Derivatives

glintn.¹

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