Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Flickered"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flicker \Flick"er\ (-[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flickered}
(-[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flickering}.] [OE. flikeren,
flekeren, to flutter, AS. flicerian, flicorian, cf. D.
flikkeren to sparkle. [root]84. Cf. Flacker.]
1. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
And flickering on her nest made short essays to
sing. --Dryden.
2. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or
when about to expire; as, the flickering light.
The shadows flicker to fro. --Tennyson.
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.