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   Gleam , v. i. [Cf. OE. glem birdlime, glue, phlegm, and E. englaimed.] (Falconry) To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
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   Gleam, n. [OE. glem, gleam, AS. glæm, prob. akin to E. glimmer, and perh. to Gr.  warm,  to warm. Cf. Glitter.]
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   A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.
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   Transient unexpected gleams of joi.
   Addison.
   
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   At last a gleam
   Of dawning light turned thitherward in haste
   His [Satan's] traveled steps.
   Milton.
   
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   A glimmer, and then a gleam of light.
   Longfellow.
   
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   Brightness; splendor.
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   In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen.
   Pope.
   
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   Gleam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gleamed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gleaming.]
   To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east.
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   To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
   Syn. -- To Gleam, Glimmer, Glitter.  To gleam denotes a faint but distinct emission of light. To glimmer describes an indistinct and unsteady giving of light. To glitter imports a brightness that is intense, but varying. The morning light gleams upon the earth; a distant taper glimmers through the mist; a dewdrop glitters in the sun. See Flash.
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   Gleam, v. t. To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.).
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   Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights.
   Shak.
   
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