n.
A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely. →
In each; to or for each; as, "twenty leagues a day", "a hundred pounds a year", "a dollar a yard", etc. →
n.
The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians. →
v. i.
To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. →
n.
The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile. →