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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GLIS'TEN, v.i. glis'n. [Heb. to shine; L. glisco; Eng. gloss.]
To shine; to sparkle with light; as the glistening stars.
The ladies' eyes glistened with pleasure.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the quality of shining with a bright reflected light [syn: glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle] v
1: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn: glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine]

Merriam Webster's

I. intransitive verb (glistened; glistening) Etymology: Middle English glistnen, from Old English glisnian; akin to Old English glisian to glitter, geolu yellow — more at yellow Date: before 12th century to give off a sparkling or lustrous reflection of or as if of a moist or polished surface Synonyms: see flash II. noun Date: 1840 glitter, sparkle

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.intr. shine, esp. like a wet object, snow, etc.; glitter. --n. a glitter; a sparkle. Etymology: OE glisnian f. glisian shine

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glisten Glis"ten, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glistened; p. pr. & vb. n. Glistening.] [OE. glistnian, akin to glisnen, glisien, AS. glisian, glisnian, akin to E. glitter. See Glitter, v. i., and cf. Glister, v. i.] To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars. Syn: See Flash.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(glistens, glistening, glistened) If something glistens, it shines, usually because it is wet or oily. The calm sea glistened in the sunlight... Darcy's face was white and glistening with sweat. VERB: V, V with n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n.; (also glister) Sparkle, glitter, shine fitfully. See glance.

Moby Thesaurus

blink, blinking, coruscate, coruscation, firefly, glance, gleam, glimmer, glimmering, glint, glisk, glister, glitter, glittering, glow, glowworm, reflect, scintilla, scintillate, scintillation, shimmer, shimmering, shine, spangle, spark, sparkle, stroboscopic light, tinsel, twinkle, twinkling, wink