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shimmer |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shimmer \Shim"mer\, n. A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer. TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused . . . a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment. --Sir W. Scott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shimmer \Shim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shimmered}; p. pr & vb n. {Shimmering}.] [OE. schimeren AS scimerian akin to sc[=i]mian, sc[=i]man, to glitter, D. schemeren G. schimmern Dan. skimre Sw skimra AS sc[=i]ma a light, brightness, Icel. sk[=i]ma, Goth. skeima a torch, a lantern, and E. shine. [root]157. See {Shine}, v. i.] To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer. The shimmering glimpses of a stream. --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shimmer n : a weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water" [syn: {play}] v 1: shine with a weak or fitful light 2: give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
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