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glitenian, OS. glitan, OHG. glizzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, 1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword. The field yet glitters with the pomp of war. Dryden. 2.

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glitenian, OS. glitan, OHG. glizzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, 1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword. The field yet glitters with the pomp of war. Dryden. 2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court. Syn. -- To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare. See Gleam, Flash.

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  • LIGHT
    licht, OHG. lioht, Goth. liuhap, Icel. lj, L. lux light, lucere to 1. That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous. Note: Light was regarded formerly
  • LIGHTSOME
    1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness
  • LIGHTNESS
    The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace. Syn. -- Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility;
  • EFFERVESCENCE; EFFERVESCENCY
    A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.
  • LIGHT-ARMED
    Armed with light weapons or accouterments.
  • LIGHTERAGE
    1. The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. 2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
  • LIGHT-O'-LOVE
    1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak. 2. Hence: A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl.
  • SPARKLER
    One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an improvident person.
  • LIGHT-FOOT; LIGHT-FOOTED
    Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson.
  • LIGHTHOUSE
    A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.
  • CORUSCATE
    To glitter in flashes; to flash. Syn. -- To glisten; gleam; sparkle; radiate.
  • RADIATE-VEINED
    Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant.
  • FLASHING
    The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.
  • LIGHTWOOD
    Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.
  • BUBBLE SHELL
    A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata.
  • EFFERVESCENT
    Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas
  • LIGHT-MINDED
    Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate. -- Light"-mind`ed*ness, n.
  • GLISTEN
    To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars. Syn. -- See Flash. (more info) glisnian, akin to E. glitter. See Glitter, v. i., and cf.
  • GLEAM
    To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
  • SPARKLE
    1. A little spark; a scintillation. As fire is wont to quicken and go From a sparkle sprungen amiss, Till a city brent up is. Chaucer. The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper. Prescott. 2. Brilliancy;
  • SLIGHTNESS
    The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
  • DELIGHTING
    Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
  • DRUMMOND LIGHT
    A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called
  • MOONSHINER
    A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night.
  • OUTSPARKLE
    To exceed in sparkling.
  • INEFFERVESCENT
    Not effervescing, or not susceptible of effervescence; quiescent.
  • DELIGHTLESS
    Void of delight. Thomson.
  • SLIGHTEN
    To slight. B. Jonson.
  • LAMPLIGHTER
    The calico bass. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.
  • FLIGHTER
    A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor. Knight.
  • SUNLIGHT
    The light of the sun. Milton.
  • BUSHINESS
    The condition or quality of being bushy.
  • DROPLIGHT
    An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant.
  • SLIGHTINGLY
    In a slighting manner.
  • INLIGHTEN
    See ENLIGHTEN

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