Gleaming

A shoot, or shooting of light; a cor us Gleamy, a. Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; coruscating. "A gleamy ray." -Pope. Glean, v. a. [Fr. glaner, from glane, a handful of ears of corn; L. Lat. glanare, glen are, from granum, a grain.] To gather the stalks and ears of corn which reapers leave behind them; to collect things thinly scattered, as the grain left by a reaper; as, to glean the field. - To gather laboriously and by slow degrees; as to glean facts. "Content to glean what we can from experiment."-Locke. IMG:content-0397.png:[merged small][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] Farewell, my glee! No happine is now reserved for me."-Gay. ( Mus .) A vocal composition in three or four parts, generally consisting of more than one movement, the subject of which, notwithstanding the received sense of the word glee , may be either gay, tender, or grave. The term was not applied to vocal concerted music until long after the madrigal . The early glees were nothing but vocal music in parts, in which the singers began and ended together, singing the same words. Gradually, however, they became improved, and the play of words and phrases introduced. Certain words were elongated in musical expre ion, and points were taken up after the manner of the catch. The style of music of the glee is peculiar to England, and quite different from the part songs of Germany.