glim
a light or lamp.
Scot. a little bit; small portion; scrap.
Origin of glim
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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 LincolnLets have a glim, said Sikes, or we shall go breaking our necks, or treading on the dog.
Oliver Twist, Vol. I (of 3) | Charles DickensThe glim of one of my skylights is dousted, and is battened down for ever.
The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer | Richard ClyntonI 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. KingstonIf 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
/ (ɡlɪm) /
a light or lamp
an eye
Origin of glim
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