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Gleam

Gleam (gleam)
v. i.(?)
Gleam
[Cf. OE. glem birdlime, glue, phlegm, and E. englaimed.] (Falconry)
  1. To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

Gleam

Gleam (gleam)
n.
Gleam
  1. A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.

    Transient unexpected gleams of joi. Addison.

    At last a gleam
    Of dawning light turned thitherward in haste
    His [Satan's] traveled steps.     Milton.

    A glimmer, and then a gleam of light. Longfellow.

  2. Brightness; splendor.

    In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen. Pope.

Gleam

Gleam (gleam)
v. t.
Gleam
  1. To shoot, or dart, as rays of light] as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east.
  2. To shine; to cast light; to glitter.

    Syn. -- To Gleam, Glimmer, Glitter. To gleam denotes a faint but distinct emission of light. To glimmer describes an indistinct and unsteady giving of light. To glitter imports a brightness that is intense, but varying. The morning light gleams upon the earth; a distant taper glimmers through the mist; a dewdrop glitters in the sun. See Flash.

Gleam

Gleam (gleam)
v. t.
Gleam
  1. To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.).

    Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights. Shak.













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