glint

noun

1. A short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.

   “I saw the glint of metal as he raised the gun.”

   “To be plunged straight into the old nut and bolt shop, as was the writer's experience, during a spell of cloudless June Weather was a real hardship, and the mind kept flitting back to the glint of blue water under willow trees and the click of ball on bat on a quiet spacious greensward.”

2. (obsolete)A brief look; a glance.

   “"My name is Elphinstone, ma'am," said the young man, and then he cleared his throat and gave a glint at Mary, and grew redder in the face than ever.”

   “Are ye the gentleman that’s speering for my hayreens—they’re fresh this morning—cast a glint at them, sir, and you’ll say you neever saw rubies, emeralds, and silver, and gold, sparkle sa boneely as the finny jewels that dazzle ye in this wee basket.”

adj

1. (Shropshire, archaic)Not sharp; dull.

   “The knife is glint.”

verb

1. (intransitive)To flash or gleam briefly.

   “A wedding ring glinted on her finger.”

   “Thor glared at him [...] what little light there was in the place mustered its forces briefly to glint menacingly off the horns of his helmet.”

2. (intransitive, uncommon)To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.

   “The rising sun owre Galston muirs, / Wi' glorious light was glintin'”

   “There was Clavers and six wild dragoons standin’ ranged in a raw, wi’ their muskets in hand, and a form kneelin’ on the grass afore them. I saw the flash o’ the guns, and as I turned to glint at the mangled corpse, oh, mither!”

3. (transitive)To cause to flash or gleam; to reflect.

   “The scientists theorized that a meteoroid, ranging in size from a speck of dust to a marble, might have struck the satellite and chipped off a bit of debris that glinted a ray of sun back on the Vela's second sensor […]”

4. (Shropshire, archaic, transitive)To dry; to wither.

   “The sun glints grass and corn.”