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glister

[ glis-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

, Archaic.

glister

/ ˈɡlɪstə /

Origin of glister¹

1350–1400; Middle English; akin to glisten

Origin of glister¹

C14: probably from Middle Dutch glisteren

We can't even be sure if the Salt Lake is a lake, or whether the glister we see there is just dry sand.

The windows showed rich slants of draperies behind their green glister of old glass.

I have Charles's-wain below in a butt of sack: 'twill glister like your crab-fish.

The glister of the profit that was supposed to have ensued to Scotsmen blinded many men's eyes at the first sight.

A glowworm is not discerned in the sunshine, though it glister in the dark.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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