Gleam /(?)/

Gleam

v. i.
  1. To disgorge filth, as a hawk. (Falconry)

Gleam

n.
  1. A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.
    Transient unexpected gleams of joi.
    At last a gleam Of dawning light turned thitherward in haste His [Satan's] traveled steps.
    A glimmer, and then a gleam of light.
  2. Brightness; splendor.
    In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen.

Gleam

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Gleamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gleaming

  1. To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east.
  2. To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
Syn. -- To Gleam, Glimmer, Glitter.

To gleam denotes a faint but distinct emission of light. To glimmer describes an indistinct and unsteady giving of light. To glitter imports a brightness that is intense, but varying. The morning light gleams upon the earth; a distant taper glimmers through the mist; a dewdrop glitters in the sun. See Flash.

Gleam

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