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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Glint \Glint\ (gl[i^]nt), noun [OE. glent.] A glimpse, glance, or gleam. [Scot.] ''He saw a glint of light.'' --Ramsay.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Glint \Glint\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Glinted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glinting}.] [OE. glenten. Cf. {Glance}, verb (used without an object), {Glitter}, v. i.] To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter. --Burns.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Glint \Glint\, verb (used with an object) To glance; to turn; as, to glint the eye.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
glint
noun
1: a momentary flash of light [syn: {flicker}, {spark}]
2: a spatially localized brightness
verb
1: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn: {glitter}, {glisten}, {gleam}, {shine}]
2: throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting" [syn: {glance}, {peek}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "glint": afterglow, air glow, be bright, beacon, beam, bedazzle, blaze, blaze of light, blind, burn, candescence, cast a glance, coruscate, coruscation, daze, dazzle, diffuse light, facula, flame, flare, flash, flush, fulgurate, give light, glance, glance at, glare, glaze, gleam, gleam of light, glimmer, glimpse, glisten, glitter, gloss, glow, incandesce, incandescence, luster, polish, radiate, scintillation, send out rays, sheen, shimmer, shine, shine brightly, shininess, shining light, shoot, shoot out rays, skylight, solar flare, solar prominence, sparkle, sunset glow, twinkle
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