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Glimmer gowk

Glimmer \Glim"mer\, n.

  1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.

    Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls.
    --Tennyson.

  2. Mica. See Mica.
    --Woodsward.

    Glimmer gowk, an owl. [Prov. Eng.]
    --Tennyson.