Glimmer \Glim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimmered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Glimmering.] [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling
light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly,
glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See
Gleam a ray, and cf. Glimpse.]
To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly;
to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a
glimmering lamp.
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The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. --Shak.
Syn: To gleam; to glitter. See Gleam, Flash.
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Glimmer \Glim"mer\, n.
1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light;
also, a gleam.
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Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. --Tennyson.
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2. Mica. See Mica. --Woodsward.
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Glimmer gowk, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] --Tennyson.
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Mica \Mi"ca\, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.]
(Min.)
The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly
perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very
thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in
composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to
green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns,
the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called
isinglass. Formerly called also cat-silver, and
glimmer.
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Note: The important species of the mica group are:
muscovite, common or potash mica, pale brown or
green, often silvery, including damourite (also
called hydromica and muscovy glass); biotite,
iron-magnesia mica, dark brown, green, or black;
lepidomelane, iron, mica, black; phlogopite,
magnesia mica, colorless, yellow, brown; lepidolite,
lithia mica, rose-red, lilac.
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is an essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and
mica slate; biotite is common in many eruptive rocks;
phlogopite in crystalline limestone and serpentine.
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Mica diorite (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but
containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende.
Mica powder, a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of
mica.
Mica schist, Mica slate (Geol.), a schistose rock,
consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some
feldspar.
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glimmer
n 1: a flash of light (especially reflected light) [syn: gleam,
gleaming]
2: a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no
inkling what was about to happen" [syn: inkling, intimation,
glimmering]
v : shine brightly, like a star or a light [syn: gleam]
WordNet (r) 2.0
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "glimmer":
blink, blinking, broad hint, clue, coruscate, coruscation, cue,
firefly, gentle hint, gesture, glance, gleam, glimmering, glint,
glisk, glisten, glister, glitter, glittering, glowworm, hint,
implication, index, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation,
intimation, kick, look, nod, nudge, prompt, scent, scintilla,
scintillate, scintillation, shimmer, shimmering, sign, signal,
spangle, spark, sparkle, spoor, stroboscopic light, suggestion,
suspicion, symptom, telltale, tinsel, track, twinkle, twinkling,
whisper, wink
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
gleam, gleaming, glimmering, inkling, intimation
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