adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + glimmer. ] In a glimmering state. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of numerous predaceous aquatic insects of the family Notonectidae (such as Notonecta undulata) that swim on their backs and may inflict painful bites; -- also called boat bug. [ RHUD ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. A brimful bowl; a bumper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Cimmerius. ] [ Written also Kimmerian. ] 1. Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and perpetual darkness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without any light; intensely dark. [ 1913 Webster ]

In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. [ Cf. Gimmal, n. ] A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glimmered p. pr. & vb. n. Glimmering. ] [ Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See Gleam a ray, and cf. Glimpse. ] To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. [ 1913 Webster ]

The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Shak.

Syn. -- To gleam; to glitter. See Gleam, Flash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Mica. See Mica. Woodsward. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glimmer gowk, an owl. [ Prov. Eng. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. shining softly and intermittently.
Syn. -- glimmering. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Immerged p. pr. & vb. n. Immerging ] [ L. immergere; pref. im- in + mergere to dip, plunge: cf. F. immerger. See Merge, and cf. Immerse. ] To plungel into, under, or within anything especially a fuid; to dip; to immerse. See Immerse. [ 1913 Webster ]

We took . . . lukewarm water, and in it immerged a quantity of the leaves of senna. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their souls are immerged in matter. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To dissapear by entering into any medium, as a star into the light of the sun. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of worth; demerit. [ R. ] Suckling. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unmerited. [ Obs. ] Charles I. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. immeritus; pref. im- not + meritus, p. p. of merere, mereri, to deserve. ] Undeserving. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Immersible. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. immersus, p. p. of immergere. See Immerge. ] Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [ Obs. ] “Things immerse in matter.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Immersed p. pr. & vb. n. Immersing. ] 1. To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave. J Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

More than a mile immersed within the wood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To baptize by immersion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

The queen immersed in such a trance. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of this. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. 1. Deeply plunged into anything, especially a fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Growing wholly under water. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Immerse. ] Capable of being immersed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + L. mersus, p. p. of mergere to plunge. ] Not capable of being immersed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. immersio; cf. F. immersion. ] 1. The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism, as, practiced by the Baptists. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep engagedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Too deep an immersion in the affairs of life. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Astron.) The dissapearance of a celestail body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite; -- opposed to emersion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Immersion lens, a microscopic objective of short focal distance designed to work with a drop of liquid, as oil, between the front lens and the slide, so that this lens is practically immersed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl.) One who holds the doctrine that immersion is essential to Christian baptism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Cimmerian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Limber. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. limier. See Leamer. ] 1. A limehound; a leamer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A low, base fellow; also, a prostitute. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) A man rope at the side of a ladder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Nim. ] A thief. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An implement for cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim of anything, as the edges of pies, etc.; also, a reamer. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Shimmered p. pr. & vb. n. Shimmering. ] [ OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin to scīmian, scīman, to glitter, D. schemeren, G. schimmern, Dan. skimre, Sw. skimra, AS. scīma a light, brightness, Icel. skīma, Goth. skeima a torch, a lantern, and E. shine. √157. See Shine, v. i. ] To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The shimmering glimpses of a stream. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer. [ 1913 Webster ]

TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused . . . a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gleam or glimmering. “A little shimmering of a light.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Simmered p. pr. & vb. n. Simmering. ] [ Prov. E. also simper; -- an onomatopoetic word. ] To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil. [ 1913 Webster ]

I simmer as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth to boil. Palsgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which liquids are skimmed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. The American species (Rhynchops nigra) is common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and shearbill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Any one of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, as the sea clams, and large scallops. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Skimmington. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who swims. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Far.) A protuberance on the leg of a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A swimming bird; one of the natatores. [ 1913 Webster ]

Little swimmer (Zool.), a phalarope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed, appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites of many crustaceans. They are used as fins in swimming. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as 1st Timber. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who does not adopt extreme opinions in politics, or the like; one who fluctuates between parties, so as to appear to favor each; a timeserver. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus Halifax was a trimmer on principle. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An instrument with which trimming is done. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Arch.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Coal Storage) An apparatus used for piling the coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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