LekhoriLekhoriAn appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.
Is not yon gleame, the ſhuddering morne that flakes, / VVith ſiluer tinctur, the eaſt vierge of heauen?
A bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something.
Chiefly in conjunction with an adverb: to cause (light) to shine.
Many a dry drop ſeem'd a vveeping teare, / Shed for the ſlaughtred husband by the vvife. / The red bloud reek'd to ſhevv the Painters ſtrife, / And dying eyes gleem'd forth their aſhie lights, / Like dying coales burnt out in tedious nights.
From Middle English glem, gleam, gleme (“shaft of light; part of a comet’s tail; reflected sparkle; dawn; daylight; radiance (physical or spiritual); something fleeting”), from Old English glǣm (“glea...
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Of a hawk or other bird of prey: to disgorge filth from its crop or gorge.
Gleam, a term uſed after a hawk hath caſt and gleameth, or throweth up filth from her gorge.