From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
glisten
n : the quality of glittering or sparkling brightly [syn:
glitter, glister, scintillation, sparkle]
v : be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn:
glitter, glint, gleam, shine]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Glisten \Glis"ten\ (gl[i^]s"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Glistened; p. pr. & vb. n. Glistening.] [OE. glistnian,
akin to glisnen, glisien, AS. glisian, glisnian, akin to E.
glitter. See Glitter, v. i., and cf. Glister, v. i.]
To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild,
subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating
light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars.
Syn: See Flash.
[1913 Webster]