单词 | gleen |
释义 | gleenn. Obsolete exc. archaic. rare. A gleam of light; a warm blaze of sunlight. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > gleam or glint of sun gleam1627 sun blink1635 gleen1656 sunblush1832 sunglow1841 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked iv. §35 Fiery Meteors: namely, falling Stars, flying Dragons, fals Fiers; also Gleans, Flashings, openings of the skie, suddenly disappearing. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xvi. 104 Another time I remember suffocating Gleans of the Sun, πνῖγος the Ancients call it. 1825 Hogg in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 17 111 All glitter'd with a glowing gleen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † gleenv. Obsolete. rare. = gleam v.1 ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker shimmera1100 blenk1303 leamc1330 blysnec1400 glimmerc1400 glimpsec1400 glintc1440 glim1481 lemyrea1500 glimster1565 glance1568 flicker1608 simper1633 gloat1644 gleen1662 shimper1674 blink1786 skimmer1788 flash1791 sheen1812 glinter1851 flimmer1880 1662 J. Chandler tr. S. D. d'A. in tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike Prophesy sig. f If thou belov'd Narcissus hadst not seen Thy proper figure in a well to gleen [etc.]. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [noun] > a manifestation > vivid gleam?c1225 gleening1591 1591 Baldwin's Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) ix. iv. f. 145v Those..beeing lead by their owne blind iudgements..are oftentimes trained out of the way of truth, by likely glenings [1567 gleringes] of reason. c1709 M. Prior 1st Hymn Callimachus 86 Those who..Bend stubborn steel, and harden gleening armour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1656v.1591 |
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