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Glisten   /glˈɪsən/   Listen
Glisten

verb
(past & past part. glistened; pres. part. glistening)
1.
Be shiny, as if wet.  Synonyms: gleam, glint, glitter, shine.
noun
1.
The quality of shining with a bright reflected light.  Synonyms: glister, glitter, scintillation, sparkle.






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"Glisten" Quotes from Famous Books



... on his face. Praise follow'd Matilda wherever she went, She was flatter'd. Can flattery purchase content? Yes. While to its voice for a moment she listen'd, The young cheek still bloom'd and the soft eyes still glisten'd; And her lord, when, like one of those light vivid things That glide down the gauzes of summer with wings Of rapturous radiance, unconscious she moved Through that buzz of inferior creatures, which proved Her beauty, their envy, one moment forgot, 'Mid the many charms there, the one ...
— Lucile • Owen Meredith

... the withered sedge, all frost-covered!" said Rotha in her happiness, tripping up to his side, with a sprig newly plucked in her hand. Ralph answered her absently, and she rattled on to herself, "Rotha shall keep you, beautiful sedge! How you glisten in the moonlight!" Then the girl broke out with a snatch of an ...
— The Shadow of a Crime - A Cumbrian Romance • Hall Caine

... Before the evening was over he had captured the household. The moment he appeared with dry things on he ran to the organ, that had stood for ten years closed and silent, opened it and began to play. As he played and sang song after song, the Old Timer's eyes began to glisten under his shaggy brows. But when he dropped into the exquisite Irish melody, "Oft in the Stilly Night," the old man drew a hard breath ...
— The Sky Pilot • Ralph Connor

... is a land of mountains. She is indeed throned among the hills, and well deserves the title of the "Switzerland of America." Her cloud-capped peaks, even in mid-summer, glisten with frosts and snows of winter, and they stand watchful sentinels over the liberties of her children. Our Alps are the White Mountains, and they hold no mean place beside their rivals in the old world. ...
— The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 • Various

... of blossoms fair, Shine brighter than the purest gold, The pearly daisies glisten ...
— Fra Angelico • J. B. Supino


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