Both Uses of
glimmer
in
Wuthering Heights
- To my confusion, I discovered the yell was not ideal: hasty footsteps approached my chamber door; somebody pushed it open, with a vigorous hand, and a light glimmered through the squares at the top of the bed.†
p. 18.0glimmered = shined (with a dim or wavering light)
- In a while, I distinguished steps coming up the road, and the light of a lantern glimmered through the gate.†
p. 32.8 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(glimmer as in: a glimmer of hope) a slight indication of something -- such as hope or interest
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(2)
(glimmer as in: glimmering lights) a dim, wavering, or reflected light