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▪ I. ˈglimpsing, vbl. n.
[f. glimpse v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. glimpse.
c1386Chaucer Merch. T. 1139 Ye han som glimsing and no parfit sighte. 1563Homilies ii. Almsdeed iii. (1859) 398 The fear of children and fools, which when they see the bright glimpsing of a glass, they do imagine straightway that it is the lightning. 1602Beaumont Hermaphrodite Poems (1640) D 2 He sent Aurora from him to the skye To give a glimpsing to each mortall eye. 1814Witness ii. ii, She hath a look so witchlike and so wild, That I would shun the glimpsing of her eyes.
▪ II. glimpsing, ppl. a.|ˈglɪmpsɪŋ|
[See -ing2.]
That glimpses; glimmering; shining faintly; appearing by glimpses, affording glimpses.
1551Recorde Pathw. Knowl. To Rdr., That finer wittes maie fashion them selues with such glimsinge dull light. 1577Stanyhurst Descr. Irel. iv. 16 in Holinshed, S. Patrike..besought God..to giue out some euident or glimsing token of the matter. 1583T. Watson Centurie of Loue xlvi. Poems (Arb.) 82 The Sunne may sooner shine by night, And twinckling starres giue glimsinge sparkes by day: Then I can cease to serue my Sweete delight. 1602Metamorphosis Tabacco 25 Lik'ning her eyes vnto the glimsing light That guides poore heardsmen to their home at night. 1803Leyden Scenes Infancy iii. (1819) 374 The spectre-ship, in livid glimpsing light, Glares baleful on the shuddering watch at night. 1835Aird Chr. Bride i. vii, A nymph..walking on the checkered floors of woods..Chasing the shadows with her glimpsing feet. 1835― Arthur iii. iii. in Blackw. Mag. XXXVIII. 92 I've seen the time I joyed to wander in these glimpsing woods. 1874D. Gray Poet. Wks. 9 Like ghosts in glimpsing moonshine, wildly run The children. |