adv., prop. phr. [A prep.1 + GLIMMER.] In or into a glimmering state.
1860. Hawthorne, Marble Faun, II. xii. 129. To set the tarnished gilding of the picture-frames and the shabby splendor of the furniture all a-glimmer.
adv., prop. phr. [A prep.1 + GLIMMER.] In or into a glimmering state.
1860. Hawthorne, Marble Faun, II. xii. 129. To set the tarnished gilding of the picture-frames and the shabby splendor of the furniture all a-glimmer.