Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GLIB, a.

1. D. glibberen, glippen, to slide. glibberig, glib, slippery; W. Ilipyr; L. gluber, smooth; labor, to slide. Thu word contains the elements of slip. Qu. L. glubo, Gr, {foreign}. Class Lb, No. 27, 37.]
2. Smooth; slippery; admitting a body to elide easily on the surface; as, ice is glib.
3. Smooth; voluble; easily moving; as, a glib tongue.

GLIB, n.

A thick curled bush of hair hanging down over the eyes. [Not in use.] Spenser.

GLIB, v.t.

1. To castrate. [Qu. to make smooth, glubo, {foreign}] Shak.
2. To make smooth. Bp. Hal. Gl.IB'LY, adv. Smoothly; volubly; as, to slide glibly; to speak glibly.

GLIB'NESS, n.

1. Smoothness; slipperiness; as, a polished ice; like glibness. Chapman.
2. Wolubility of the tongue. Government of the Tongue.

GLIDE, n.

The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly and without labor or obstruction. Shak.

GLIDE, v.i. [Sax. glidan; G; gleiten; D. glyden; Dan glider. Qu. Fr. glisser, in a different dialect. It has the elements of slide, as glib has of slip.]

1. To flow gently; to move without noise or violence; as river. By east, among the dusty valleys glide The silver streams of Jordan's crystal flood. Fairfax.
2. To move silently and smoothly; to pass along without apparent effort; as, a hawk or an eagle gliding through th air.
3. To move or pass rapidly and with apparent ease; as, ship glides through the water.
4. In a general sense, to move or slip along with ease; as on surface, or to pass along rapidly without apparent effort, and without obstruction.

GLID-ER, n.

He or that which glides. Spenser.

GLID-ING, ppr.

Passing along gently and smoothly; moving rapidly, or with ease.

GLID-ING-LY, adv.

In a smooth, flowing, rapid manner.

GLIMMER, n.

1. A faint light; feeble scattered rays of light.
2. In mineralogy, mica, glist, muscovy-glass; a mineral rarely found in regular crystals. Usually it appears in thin, flexible, clastic lamina, which exhibit a high polish and strong luster; It is an essential ingredient in granite, gneiss, and mica slate. Cleaveland.

GLIMMER, v.i. [G; glimmen. glimmern, to gleam, to glimmer; D. glimmen; Sw. glimma; Dan. glimrer; Ir. laom, flame.]

1. To shoot feeble or scattered rays of light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. When rosy morning glimmer'd o'er the dales. Pope. The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Shak.
2. To shine faintly; to give a feeble light. Mild evening glimmered on the lawn. Trumbull.

GLIM'MER-ING, n.

1. A faint beaming of light.
2. A faint view.

GLIM'MER-ING, ppr.

'Shining faintly; shooting feeble scattered rays of light.

GLIMPSE, n. glims. [D. glimp, from glimmen.]

1. A weak faint light. Such vast room in Nature, Only to shine, yet scarce to contribute. Each orb a glimpse of light. Milton.
2. A flash of light; as, the lightning's glimpse. Milton.
3. Transient luster. One glimpse of glory to my issue give. Dryden.
4. A short transitory view; He saw at a glimpse the design of the enemy.
5. Short fleeting enjoyment; as, u glimpse of delight. Prior.
6. Exhibition of a faint resemblance. Shak.

GLIMPSE, v.i.

To appear by glimpses. Drayton.

GLIS'SA, n.

A fish of the tunny kind, without scales. Dict. Nat. Hist.

GLIST, n. [from glisten.]

Glimmer; mica. [See Glimmer.]

GLIS'TEN, v.i. glis'n. [Sax. glisnian; G. gleissen. This word and gliller are probably dialectical forms of the same word. In Irish lasadh, lasaim, is to burn, to light; Dan; lyser, Sw; lysa, to shine; Russ. oblistayu; In W. llathru is to make smooth and glossy, to polish, to glitter. Qu; Heb. {foreign}, to shine, L., glisco, Eng. gloss.]

To shine; to sparkle with light; as, the glistening stars. The ladies' eyes glistened with pleasure. Richardson.

GLISTEN-ED,

pp; Shone; sparkled.

GLISTEN-ING, ppr.

Shining; sparkling; emitting rays of light.

GLISTER,

See CLYSTER.

GLISTER, v.i. [See Glisten.]

To shine; to be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant. All that glisters is not gold. Shak.

GLIS'TER-ING, ppr.

Shining; sparkling with light.

GLISTER-ING-LY, adv.

With shining luster.

GLI'TER-LY, adv.

With sparkling luster.