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"ref": "1868 May 9, Fr[ancis] Bret Harte, “John Burns of Gettysburg”, in Littel’s Living Age, volume IX (4th Series; volume XCVII overall), number 1249, Boston, Mass.: Littel & Gay, →OCLC, page 322, column 2",
"text": "And some of the soldiers since declare / That the gleam of his old white hat afar, / Like the crested plume of the brave Navarre, / That day was their oriflamme of war.",
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}
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"(countable) An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived."
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"roman": "lǎč",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "(bledý) svit"
},
{
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "záře"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"word": "pilkahdus"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 16 24 1 3 4",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"word": "säde"
},
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"_dis1": "52 16 24 1 3 4",
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "miroitement"
},
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"_dis1": "52 16 24 1 3 4",
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "reflet"
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schein"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "achtída",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αχτίδα"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 16 24 1 3 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "léaró"
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"_dis1": "52 16 24 1 3 4",
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"word": "entrelusida"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 16 24 1 3 4",
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"word": "lusida"
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licărire"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 16 24 1 3 4",
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "52 16 24 1 3 4",
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"_dis1": "52 16 24 1 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"english": "ray",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "luč",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "луч"
},
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свет"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 16 24 1 3 4",
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"word": "parıltı"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 16 24 1 3 4",
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svitlo",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "світло"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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}
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"text": "The rescue workers preserved a gleam of optimism that the trapped miners might still survive.",
"type": "example"
}
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"An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint."
],
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"sign",
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],
[
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],
[
"hint",
"hint#Noun"
]
],
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"(countable, figuratively)",
"An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint."
],
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"word": "flicker"
},
{
"word": "glimmer"
},
{
"word": "trace"
}
],
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "14 54 2 4 19 8",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "nšuyl",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"word": "նշույլ"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 54 2 4 19 8",
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "bleštukane",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "блещукане"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 54 2 4 19 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "probljasǎk",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "проблясък"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 54 2 4 19 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "náznak"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 54 2 4 19 8",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"word": "kipinä"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 54 2 4 19 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"word": "pilkahdus"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 54 2 4 19 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Funke"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 54 2 4 19 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schimmer"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 54 2 4 19 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pic"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 54 2 4 19 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "urmă"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 54 2 4 19 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "próblesk",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "про́блеск"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 54 2 4 19 8",
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"word": "belirti"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 54 2 4 19 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "problysk",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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}
]
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],
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"(countable, figuratively)",
"A bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something."
],
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"countable",
"figuratively",
"uncountable"
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"_dis1": "16 2 77 1 2 3",
"code": "fi",
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"word": "pilkahdus"
},
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"_dis1": "16 2 77 1 2 3",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something",
"word": "välähdys"
}
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"ref": "1963 (date written), Bobby Hebb (lyrics and music), “Sunny”, published June 1966",
"text": "Sunny, thank you for that smile upon your face / Sunny, thank you, thank you for the gleam that flows its grace",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"A look of joy or liveliness on one's face."
],
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],
[
"joy",
"joy#Noun"
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[
"liveliness",
"liveliness"
],
[
"face",
"face#Noun"
]
],
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"(countable, figuratively)",
"A look of joy or liveliness on one's face."
],
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"countable",
"figuratively",
"uncountable"
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"_dis1": "3 1 1 89 3 2",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "look of joy or liveliness on one’s face",
"word": "elo"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 89 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "look of joy or liveliness on one’s face",
"word": "eloisuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 89 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "look of joy or liveliness on one’s face",
"word": "riemu"
}
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"Energy",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"Sometimes as hot gleam: a warm ray of sunlight; also, a period of warm weather, for instance, between showers of rain."
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[
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[
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[
"period",
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[
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[
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"(obsolete)",
"(countable) Sometimes as hot gleam: a warm ray of sunlight; also, a period of warm weather, for instance, between showers of rain."
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"Brightness or shininess; radiance, splendour."
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[
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[
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[
"radiance",
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[
"splendour",
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"(obsolete)",
"(uncountable) Brightness or shininess; radiance, splendour."
],
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{
"word": "dazzle"
},
{
"word": "lambency"
},
{
"word": "shine"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"uncountable"
]
}
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"ipa": "/ɡliːm/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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"General-American"
]
},
{
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"text": "Hail, thou overshadowing mount of the Holy Ghost [i.e., Mary, mother of Jesus]. Thou gleamedst, sweet gift-bestowing mother, of the light of the sun; thou gleamedst with the insupportable fires of a most fervent charity, […]",
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"ref": "1868 May 9, Fr[ancis] Bret Harte, “John Burns of Gettysburg”, in Littel’s Living Age, volume IX (4th Series; volume XCVII overall), number 1249, Boston, Mass.: Littel & Gay, →OCLC, page 322, column 2",
"text": "And some of the soldiers since declare / That the gleam of his old white hat afar, / Like the crested plume of the brave Navarre, / That day was their oriflamme of war.",
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{
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{
"word": "trace"
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"figuratively",
"uncountable"
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"ref": "1963 (date written), Bobby Hebb (lyrics and music), “Sunny”, published June 1966",
"text": "Sunny, thank you for that smile upon your face / Sunny, thank you, thank you for the gleam that flows its grace",
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[
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[
"sunlight",
"sunlight"
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[
"period",
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[
"weather",
"weather#Noun"
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[
"showers",
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[
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"countable",
"obsolete"
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"shininess"
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[
"radiance",
"radiance"
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[
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{
"word": "lambency"
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{
"word": "shine"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "лъч"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "(bledý) svit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"word": "pilkahdus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"word": "säde"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "miroitement"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "reflet"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schimmer"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "achtída",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αχτίδα"
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{
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"word": "entrelusida"
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "ru",
"english": "ray",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "luč",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "луч"
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{
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свет"
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{
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"word": "parıltı"
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{
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "svitlo",
"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "indistinct or small, or short-lived, appearance of light",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
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"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"word": "նշույլ"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bleštukane",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "probljasǎk",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "проблясък"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "náznak"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"word": "kipinä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"word": "pilkahdus"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Funke"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schimmer"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "про́блеск"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "indistinct sign of something — see also glimpse, hint",
"word": "belirti"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "problysk",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "проблиск"
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{
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"sense": "bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something",
"word": "pilkahdus"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "look of joy or liveliness on one’s face",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"ref": "1842, Mary Howitt, “The Neckar”, in Fisher’s Drawing Room Scrap-book. […], London, Paris: Fisher, Son & Co., […], →OCLC, page 34",
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"ref": "1849 November, R. F., “To the Rain. Lines Written at Rydal.”, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume XL, number CCXXXXIX, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], →OCLC, page 497",
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"ref": "1869, Methodius, “Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna on the Day that They Met in the Temple. The Oration Likewise Treats of the Holy Mother of God.”, in William R[obinson] Clark, transl., edited by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson, The Writings of Methodius, Alexander of Lycopolis, Peter of Alexandria, and Several Fragments (Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325; XIV), Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, […]; London: Hamilton & Co.; Dublin: John Robertson & Co., →OCLC, paragraph XIV, page 209",
"text": "Hail, thou overshadowing mount of the Holy Ghost [i.e., Mary, mother of Jesus]. Thou gleamedst, sweet gift-bestowing mother, of the light of the sun; thou gleamedst with the insupportable fires of a most fervent charity, […]",
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{
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "luire"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner — see also glisten, glitter",
"word": "𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner — see also glisten, glitter",
"word": "hahana"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner — see also glisten, glitter",
"word": "kohae"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner — see also glisten, glitter",
"word": "ramarama"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner — see also glisten, glitter",
"word": "rarama"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner — see also glisten, glitter",
"word": "titiwha"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner — see also glisten, glitter",
"word": "lliphlly"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner — see also glisten, glitter",
"word": "străluci"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner — see also glisten, glitter",
"word": "glimra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner — see also glisten, glitter",
"word": "glänsa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner — see also glisten, glitter",
"word": "skina"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prosvetvam",
"sense": "to be strongly but briefly apparent",
"word": "просветвам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be strongly but briefly apparent",
"word": "pilkahtaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be strongly but briefly apparent",
"word": "vilahtaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be strongly but briefly apparent",
"word": "vilkahtaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be strongly but briefly apparent",
"word": "aufblitzen"
}
],
"word": "gleam"
}
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"ref": "1800, “Gleam”, in The Sportsman’s Dictionary; or, The Gentleman’s Companion: For Town and Country. […], 4th edition, London: […] G. G. and J. Robinson, […]; by R. Noble, […], →OCLC, column 1",
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"(intransitive, falconry, obsolete) Of a hawk or other bird of prey: to disgorge filth from its crop or gorge."
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"lifestyle"
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