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noun

Gleam n.

A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse. "Transient unexpected gleams of joi." "At last a gleam Of dawning light turned thitherward in haste His (Satan's) traveled steps." "A glimmer, and then a gleam of light."

Brightness; splendor. "In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen."

verb

Gleam v. t. (past & past part. gleamed; pres. part. gleaming)

To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east.

To shine; to cast light; to glitter.

Synonyms: 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 v. t. To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.). "Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights."

Gleam v. i. (Falconry) To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

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Etymology of 'Gleam'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gleam" Quotes from Famous Books

... suits of armour and thousands of swords, and his fame travelled far, so that all men spoke of his industry. At last he grew tired of making armour, and hammered a number of gold rings, which he strung on strips of bark, and as he hammered he thought of Alvilda his wife, and how the rings would gleam on her arms when once ...

— The Book of Romance • Various

... received much assistance from Thurlow. In vain did Pitt expostulate with him. At last he persuaded him to consult Thurlow, who advised him to do nothing so foolish, seeing that Pitt would be compelled at some future time to confer the Great Seal upon him. With this parting gleam of insight and kindliness, the morose ...

— William Pitt and the Great War • John Holland Rose

... to afford him a gleam of intelligence upon which to found a correct solution of his course. Tom knew that, in the ordinary course of events, the sun ought to rise in the east and set in the west. If he was going to the north, the sun would rise ...

— The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army - A Story of the Great Rebellion • Oliver Optic

... the wicked, with more than one unmistakable allusion to Job's case (xviii.). Job is vexed. He breaks out into a lament of his utter desolation, the darkness of which, however, is shot through with a sudden and momentary gleam of assurance that God will one day vindicate him (xix.). Not so, answers Zophar: the triumph of the wicked is short (xx.). Job, in a bold and terrible speech, assails the doctrine of the friends, ...

— Introduction to the Old Testament • John Edgar McFadyen

... ankles of the blonde gleaming in the sunshine were distinguishable, even at that distance, from the flesh tint of the brunette beside her, and these again from the swarthiness of still darker ankles, which did not gleam, but had a subdued colour like dead gold. The foam of a lesser wave ran up and touched their feet submissively. Three young girls in pink clustered together; one crouched with her back to the sea and glanced over her timorous shoulder. Another lesser wave ran up and left a fringe of ...

— The Open Air • Richard Jefferies

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