Definition for GLEAM

GLEAM, v.i.

  1. To shoot or dart, as rays of light. At the dawn light gleams in the east.
  2. To shine; to cast light. Thomson.
  3. To flash; to spread a flood of light. [Less common.]
  4. Among falconers, to disgorge filth, as a hawk. Encyc.

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