glim
Americannoun
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a light or lamp.
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Scot. a little bit; small portion; scrap.
noun
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a light or lamp
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an eye
Etymology
Origin of glim
Example Sentences
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Summoned by a flood of protests, Vatican City firemen broke open the door, doused the gleaming glim.
From Time Magazine Archive
The latest of these, a novel by Walter Macken called Rain on the Wind, never quite bursts into flame; the book carries so much sentimental moisture that it douses its own glim.
From Time Magazine Archive
Douse the glim, your colours, &c., to knock down.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
And in his exultation he called out, "The beaks have doused the glim, Cap'n Duff!"
From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Kirk Munroe
A light; familiarly used for the eyes.—Dowse the glim, put out the light.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
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