Dictionary entry

Glimmer (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Glim″mer, n. 1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.

Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. Tennyson.

2. Mica. See Mica. Woodsward.

Glimmer gowk, an owl. Tennyson.