glim

[ glim ]
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noun
  1. a light or lamp.

  2. Scot. a little bit; small portion; scrap.

Origin of glim

1
First recorded in 1690–1700; see origin at glimpse, glimmer

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How to use glim in a sentence

  • At length Captain Perez rose and, knocking the ashes from his pipe, announced that he was going to "show a glim."

    Cap'n Eri | Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Lets have a glim, said Sikes, or we shall go breaking our necks, or treading on the dog.

    Oliver Twist, Vol. I (of 3) | Charles Dickens
  • The glim of one of my skylights is dousted, and is battened down for ever.

  • I suspect he would have dowsed his glim in no little hurry if one of his officers had hove in sight.

    Fred Markham in Russia | W. H. G. Kingston
  • If you go forward you will see that we have dowsed every glim on board, even to our mast-head and side lights.

    Fighting for the Right | Oliver Optic

British Dictionary definitions for glim

glim

/ (ɡlɪm) /


nounslang
  1. a light or lamp

  2. an eye

Origin of glim

1
C17: probably short for glimmer; compare glimpse

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