Hypertext Webster Gateway: "glistering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Glister \Glis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glistered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Glistering}.] [OE. glistren; akin to G.
glistern,glinstern, D. glinsteren, and E. glisten. See
{Glisten}.]
To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to
glisten; to glitter.
All that glisters is not gold. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
glistering
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}, {glinting}, {glittering}, {glittery}, {scintillant},
{scintillating}, {sparkling(a)}, {sparkly}]
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