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gleamer
gleam G0146500 (glēm)n.1. A brief beam or flash of light: saw gleams of daylight through the cracks.2. A steady but subdued shining; a glow: the gleam of burnished gold.3. A brief or dim indication; a trace: a gleam of intelligence.intr.v. gleamed, gleam·ing, gleams 1. To emit a gleam; flash or glow: "Their tile roofs gleamed in the moon's pallid radiance" (Laura Joh Rowland). See Synonyms at flash.2. To be reflected as a gleam: The sun gleamed on the water.3. To be manifested or indicated briefly or faintly.
[Middle English glem, from Old English glǣm; see ghel- in Indo-European roots.]
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