Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
GLEAMING
agleam, gleaming, nitid
(adjective) bright with a steady but subdued shining; “from the plane we saw the city below agleam with lights”; “the gleaming brass on the altar”; “Nereids beneath the nitid moon”
gleam, gleaming, glow, lambency
(noun) an appearance of reflected light
gleam, gleaming, glimmer
(noun) a flash of light (especially reflected light)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
gleaming (comparative more gleaming, superlative most gleaming)
Having a bright sheen.
Noun
gleaming (plural gleamings)
A flash of reflected light.
Synonyms
• shining, glowing, glinting
Verb
gleaming
present participle of gleam
Source: Wiktionary
GLEAM
Gleam, v. i. Etym: [Cf. OE. glem birdlime, glue, phlegm, and E. englaimed.] (Falconry)
Definition: To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
Gleam, n. Etym: [OE. glem, gleam, AS. glæm, prob. akin to E. glimmer, and perh. to Gr. Glitter.]
1. A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse. Transient unexpected gleams of joi. Addison. At last a gleam Of dawning light turned thitherward in haste His [Satan's] traveled steps. Milton. A glimmer, and then a gleam of light. Longfellow.
2. Brightness; splendor. In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen. Pope.
Gleam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gleamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gleaming.]
1. To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east.
2. To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
Syn.
– To Gleam, Glimmer, Glitter. To gleam denotes a faint but distinct emission of light. To glimmer describes an indistinct and unsteady giving of light. To glitter imports a brightness that is intense, but varying. The morning light gleams upon the earth; a distant taper glimmers through the mist; a dewdrop glitters in the sun. See Flash.
Gleam, v. t.
Definition: To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.). Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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