Gleam (?), v. i. [Cf. OE. glem birdlime, glue, phlegm, and E. englaimed.] Falconry
To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
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Gleam, n. [OE. glem, gleam, AS. glaem, prob. akin to E. glimmer, and perh. to Gr. warm, to warm. Cf. Glitter.]
1.
A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.
Transient unexpected gleams of joi.
Addison.
At last a gleam
Of dawning light turned thitherward in haste
His [Satan's] traveled steps.
Milton.
A glimmer, and then a gleam of light.
Longfellow.
2.
Brightness; splendor.
In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen.
Pope.
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Gleam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gleamed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gleaming.]
1.
To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east.
2.
To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
Syn. -- To Gleam, Glimmer, Glitter. To gleam denotes a faint but distinct emission of light. To glimmer describes an indistinct and unsteady giving of light. To glitter imports a brightness that is intense, but varying. The morning light gleams upon the earth; a distant taper glimmers through the mist; a dewdrop glitters in the sun. See Flash.
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Gleam, v. t.
To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.).
Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights.
Shak.
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