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Webster 1913 Edition

Glister

Glis′ter

,

Verb.

I.

[

imp. & p. p.

Glistered

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Glistering

.]

[OE.

glistren

; akin to G.

glistern

,

glinstern

, D.

glinsteren

, and E.

glisten

. See

.]

To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter.

All that

glisters

is not gold.

Shakespeare

Glis′ter

,

Noun.

Glitter; luster.

Glis′ter

,

Noun.

[Cf. OF.

glistere

.]

Same as

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Glister

GLIS'TER

,

Verb.

I.

[See Glisten.] To shine; to be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant.

All that glistens is not gold.