Hypertext Webster Gateway: "glinting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Glint \Glint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glinted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Glinting}.] [OE. glenten. Cf. {Glance}, v. i., {Glitter}, v.
i.]
To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to
glitter. --Burns.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
glinting
adj : having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
"his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the
scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins";
"`glistering' is an archaic term" [syn: {aglitter(p)},
{fulgid}, {glistering}, {glittering}, {glittery}, {scintillant},
{scintillating}, {sparkling(a)}, {sparkly}]
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