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View synonyms for glim
glim
[ glim ]
noun
- a light or lamp.
- Scot. a little bit; small portion; scrap.
glim
/ ɡlɪm /
noun
- a light or lamp
- an eye
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Word History and Origins
Origin of glim1
C17: probably short for glimmer ; compare glimpse
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Example Sentences
At length Captain Perez rose and, knocking the ashes from his pipe, announced that he was going to "show a glim."
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Lets have a glim, said Sikes, or we shall go breaking our necks, or treading on the dog.
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The glim of one of my skylights is dousted, and is battened down for ever.
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I suspect he would have dowsed his glim in no little hurry if one of his officers had hove in sight.
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If you go forward you will see that we have dowsed every glim on board, even to our mast-head and side lights.
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