The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

glisten
    n 1: the quality of shining with a bright reflected light [syn:
         glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation,
         sparkle]
    v 1: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn:
         glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "glisten":
   blink, blinking, coruscate, coruscation, firefly, glance, gleam,
   glimmer, glimmering, glint, glisk, glister, glitter, glittering,
   glow, glowworm, reflect, scintilla, scintillate, scintillation,
   shimmer, shimmering, shine, spangle, spark, sparkle,
   stroboscopic light, tinsel, twinkle, twinkling, wink