glisten

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GLIS'TEN, verb intransitive glis'n. [Heb. to shine; Latin glisco; Eng. gloss.] To shine; to sparkle with light; as the glistening stars. The ladies' eyes glistened with pleasure.
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