glimmer gowk

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glimmer gowk - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Glimmer \Glim"mer\, n.
     1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light;
        also, a gleam.
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              Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. --Tennyson.
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     2. Mica. See Mica. --Woodsward.
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     Glimmer gowk, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] --Tennyson.
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