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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

lambens

-enlis

, p. pr. of

lambere

to lick; akin to

lap

. See

to drink by licking.]

Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.

“A lambent flame.”

Dryden.

“A lambent style.”

Beaconsfield.

Twinkling or gleaming; fickering.

“The lambent purity of the stars.”

W. Irving.

Adj.

[L. lambens, lambo, to lick.] Playing about; touching lightly; gliding over; as a lambent flame.