glimpse

t. & i. [GLIMPSE, 8.] A. Trans.: To see by a glimpse or glimpses; to catch a transitory or momentary sight or glimpse of. B. Intransitive : 1. To dawn; to appear with a faint light. "Then glimpsed the hopeful morrow." P. Fletcher: Purple Island , xii. 46. 2. To appear by glimpses. "Deformed shadows glimpsing in his sight." Drayton: Barons' Wars, v. 45. *glim-sing, *glym-syng, 8. [GLIMPSE, 8.] A brief or transitory view or sight; a glimpse. "Ye han som glymsyng and no parfit sight." Chaucer: C. Т. , 10,257. glin-kite, s . [Ru ian glinkit . Named after Lieut. Gen. Glinka.] Min .: Apale green variety of olivine, which Dana places under Chrysolite. It is found in talcose schist. glint, v. i. & t. [A nasalized form from the verb glit.] [GLITTER.] IMG:content-0520.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0522.png:[blocks in formation] glir-ine, a . [Lat., ., glir (es); -ine.] Zool.: Pertaining to the Mammalian order Glires q. v.). IMG:content-0523.png:[blocks in formation] 1. A bright, sparkling light or luster; brightne ; brilliancy; splendor. "With what permi ive glory since his fall Was left him, or false glitter ." IMG:content-0524.png:[blocks in formation] "Look downward on that globe whose hither side With light from hence, though but reflected, shines; That place is Earth." Milton: P. L., iii. 722. IMG:content-0525.png:[blocks in formation] glit-ter-Ing-ly, adv . [Eng. glittering ; -ly.] In a glittering, sparkling manner; with glitter or luster. gloam, v . i. [A. S. glóm=twilight.] [GLOOM, GLOAMING.] 1. To begin to grow dark; as, It begins to gloam . 2. To be sullen or morose. *glōam, s . [ A.S.glóm =twilight.] Gloaming. "I saw their starved lips in the gloam ." B. As adj .: Of or pertaining to the twilight or spherical shape. fall of the evening. "The lines, that ye sent owre the lawn, Gin gloam in hours reek'd Eben's haun." gloaming-star, s. The evening star. glöar, v . i . [Dut. glören to leer.] 1. To squint; to look askew. 2. To stare. ( Scotch .) gloat, *glōte, *glout, v . i . [Icel. glotta =to grin; cogn. with Sw. dial. glotta , glutta to peep; gloa = to glow, to stare; Dan. gloe =to glow, to stare.] *1. To cast side glances; to glance. "Where, gloting round her rocke, to fish she falles." Chapman: Homer's Ody ey, xii. 3. To stare with admiration, eagerne , or desire; to look or dwell on with strong feelings or pa ions, as of malignity, lust, or avarice; to take a malig- nant pleasure in beholding anything. "Here-happy that no tyrant's eye Gloats on our torments-we may die!" Moore: Fire-Worshipers. *glo-bard,*glo-berde, *glo-bird, s. [Eng.glow; second element probably bird.] The glowworm. "The glo - birds or glo-worms, cicindelæ , shining in the evening over the corn-fields."-P. Holland: Pliny, bk. xviii., ch. xxvi. glō bāte, glō-bat-ed, a. [Latin globatus , pa. par. of globo to make into a ball, to make round; globus a globe.] Having the form of a globe; spherical, spheroidal. globigerina