GLEAM

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

2.
n.

A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse. Transient unexpected gleams of joi. Addison. At last a gleam Of dawning light turned thitherward in haste His [Satan's] traveled steps. Milton. A glimmer, and then a gleam of light. Longfellow.

3.
n.

Brightness; splendor. In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen. Pope.

4.
v.

To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east.

5.
v.

To shine; to cast light; to glitter.

6.
v.

To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.). Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights. Shak.

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