stime

[stahym] /staɪm/

noun, Scot., Irish English.

the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.

Origin of stime

Middle English

Old Norse

1250-1300

1250-1300; Middle English (Scots); perhaps < Old Norse skīmi a glimpse

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Even with three wicks it gave but a stime of light, and never allowed the weaver to see more than the half of his loom at a time.

Auld Licht Idylls
J. M. Barrie

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