glisten

Etymology

From Middle English glisnen, glistnen, from Old English glisnian, itself from Proto-West Germanic *glisnōn, while ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *glisnōną.

verb

1. (intransitive, of a wet or greasy surface) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.

noun

1. A glistening shine from a wet surface.
   In his clear northern flesh and his fair hair was a glisten like sunshine refracted through crystals of ice. 1920, D.H. Lawrence, chapter 1, in Women in Love