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Glint

//ɡlɪnt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not sharp; dull. Shropshire, archaic

    "The knife is glint."

Noun
  1. 1
    A short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.

    "I saw the glint of metal as he raised the gun."

  2. 2
    a spatially localized brightness wordnet
  3. 3
    A brief look; a glance. obsolete

    ""My name is Elphinstone, ma'am," said the young man, and then he cleared his throat and gave a glint at Mary, and grew redder in the face than ever."

  4. 4
    a momentary flash of light wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To flash or gleam briefly. intransitive

    "A wedding ring glinted on her finger."

  2. 2
    be shiny, as if wet wordnet
  3. 3
    To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter. intransitive, uncommon

    "The rising sun owre Galston muirs, / Wi' glorious light was glintin'"

  4. 4
    throw a glance at; take a brief look at wordnet
  5. 5
    To cause to flash or gleam; to reflect. transitive

    "The scientists theorized that a meteoroid, ranging in size from a speck of dust to a marble, might have struck the satellite and chipped off a bit of debris that glinted a ray of sun back on the Vela's second sensor […]"

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  1. 6
    To dry; to wither. Shropshire, archaic, transitive

    "The sun glints grass and corn."

Etymology

Etymology 1

15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint, from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; flash”), probably from Old Norse *glenta, from Proto-Germanic *glantijaną, causitive of Proto-Germanic *glintaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Danish glente, Swedish glänta, Norwegian Nynorsk gletta (“to peep, look”), Middle High German glinzen; compare also Swedish glinta (“to slip, slide, gleam, shine”), Swedish glimt (“flash, glint, glimpse”), Norwegian Nynorsk glanta, gletta (“to glide, slip”). Reintroduced into literary English by Robert Burns.

Etymology 2

15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint, from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; flash”), probably from Old Norse *glenta, from Proto-Germanic *glantijaną, causitive of Proto-Germanic *glintaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Danish glente, Swedish glänta, Norwegian Nynorsk gletta (“to peep, look”), Middle High German glinzen; compare also Swedish glinta (“to slip, slide, gleam, shine”), Swedish glimt (“flash, glint, glimpse”), Norwegian Nynorsk glanta, gletta (“to glide, slip”). Reintroduced into literary English by Robert Burns.

Etymology 3

15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint, from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; flash”), probably from Old Norse *glenta, from Proto-Germanic *glantijaną, causitive of Proto-Germanic *glintaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Danish glente, Swedish glänta, Norwegian Nynorsk gletta (“to peep, look”), Middle High German glinzen; compare also Swedish glinta (“to slip, slide, gleam, shine”), Swedish glimt (“flash, glint, glimpse”), Norwegian Nynorsk glanta, gletta (“to glide, slip”). Reintroduced into literary English by Robert Burns.

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