Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GLIM'MER, 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.