rare. [Onomatopœic; cf. glimmer, flicker and Ger. flimmern.] intr. To burn unsteadily.
1880. T. E. Webb, trans. Goethe’s Faust, IV. xix.
| Upwards the lamp’s eternal light doth flimmer, | |
| And flickers sideways with a feeble shimmer. |
rare. [Onomatopœic; cf. glimmer, flicker and Ger. flimmern.] intr. To burn unsteadily.
1880. T. E. Webb, trans. Goethe’s Faust, IV. xix.
| Upwards the lamp’s eternal light doth flimmer, | |
| And flickers sideways with a feeble shimmer. |
