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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Glimmer \Glim"mer\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Glimmered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glimmering}.] [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See {Gleam} a ray, and cf. {Glimpse}.] To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.
The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. --Shak.
Syn: To gleam; to glitter. See {Gleam}, {Flash}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Glimmer \Glim"mer\, noun
1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.
Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. --Tennyson.
2. Mica. See {Mica}. --Woodsward.
{Glimmer gowk}, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] --Tennyson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mica \Mi"ca\, noun [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called {isinglass}. Formerly called also {cat-silver}, and {glimmer}.
Note: The important species of the mica group are: {muscovite}, common or potash mica, pale brown or green, often silvery, including {damourite} (also called {hydromica} and {muscovy glass}); {biotite}, iron-magnesia mica, dark brown, green, or black; {lepidomelane}, iron, mica, black; {phlogopite}, magnesia mica, colorless, yellow, brown; {lepidolite}, lithia mica, rose-red, lilac. Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) is an essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica slate; {biotite} is common in many eruptive rocks; {phlogopite} in crystalline limestone and serpentine.
{Mica diorite} (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende.
{Mica powder}, a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of mica.
{Mica schist}, {Mica slate} (Geol.), a schistose rock, consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some feldspar.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
glimmer
noun
1: a flash of light (especially reflected light) [syn: {gleam}, {gleaming}]
2: a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen" [syn: {inkling}, {intimation}, {glimmering}]
verb: shine brightly, like a star or a light [syn: {gleam}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "glimmer": blink, blinking, broad hint, clue, coruscate, coruscation, cue, firefly, gentle hint, gesture, glance, gleam, glimmering, glint, glisk, glisten, glister, glitter, glittering, glowworm, hint, implication, index, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, kick, look, nod, nudge, prompt, scent, scintilla, scintillate, scintillation, shimmer, shimmering, sign, signal, spangle, spark, sparkle, spoor, stroboscopic light, suggestion, suspicion, symptom, telltale, tinsel, track, twinkle, twinkling, whisper, wink
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