shine weakly  A light glimmered some dis-tance away in the trees. Synonym twinkle

To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly, To look in astonishment or disbelief, typically with the eyes blinking, To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint, noun_ A glance of the eye; a glimpse, A gleam; a glimmer; specifically, the gleam or glimmer reflected from ice in the polar regions_ hence the term ice-blink (which see)