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Sudden display; flash; glitter. [R.] A smile . . . breaks out with the brightest distriction. Collier.

To adorn with glittering embellishments. No weeping orphan saw his father's stores Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors. Pope.

Brightness; splendor; glitter; effulgence. Bailey.

Dazzlingly; glitteringly.

Shining; glittering; dazzling. [R.] Pope.

g or binding of rich material, such as gold lace. Silver and gold galloons, with the like glittering gewgaws. Addison.

Full of gems; bright; glittering like a gem. The gemmy bridle glittered free. Tennyson.

r vague statement or phrase. Let us descend from generalities to particulars. Landor. The glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence. R. Choate.

To shine; to cast light; to glitter.

To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter. Burns.

To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter. All that glisters is not gold. Shak.

To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom. The glittering, finny swarms That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores. Thomson. To heave a cable short (Naut.), to haul in cable till the ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor. -- To heave a ship ahead (Naut.), to warp her ahead when not under sail,…

Covered with a helmet. The helmed cherubim Are seen in glittering ranks. Milton.

A kind of set of drawers. [U. S.] "Mahogany highboys glittering with brass handles." K. L. Bates.

An infinity; an incalculable or very great number. Glittering chains, embroidered richly o'er With infinite of pearls and finest gold. Fanshawe.

Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter. The right mark and very true luster of the diamond. Sir T. More. The scorching sun was mounted high, In all its luster, to the noonday sky. Addison.

In a radiant manner; with glittering splendor.

To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts. Those grassy hills, those glittering dells, Proudly ramparted with rocks. Coleridge. Rampart gun (Fort.), a cannon or large gun for use on a rampart and not as a fieldpiece.

Reflecting light; shining; glittering; glistening; bright; luminous; splendid. Gorgeous banners to the sun expand Their streaming volumes of relucent gold. Glover.

Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny. [R., except in poetry.] This holy maiden, that is so bright and sheen. Chaucer. Up rose each warrier bold and brave, Glistening in filed steel and armor sheen. Fairfax.