Shimmer

v. i. [A-S. scimerian, from scimian, sciman, to glitter; Ger. schimmern, D. schemeren, Dan. skimre, Sw. skimra.] To shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer. “The shimmering glimpses of a stream.” Tennyson.

n. A gleaming; a glimmering. The silver lamps . . . diffused . . . a trembling twilight—a seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment. W. Scott.