glim

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Noun

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CIDE DICTIONARY

glim, n.

Brightness; splendor. [1913 Webster]
A light or candle. Dickens. [1913 Webster]

Douse the glim, put out the light. [Slang]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

glim, n.
1 a faint light.
2 archaic sl. a candle; a lantern.

Etymology

17th c.: perh. abbr. of GLIMMER or GLIMPSE

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THESAURUS

glim

candle, electric light bulb, fire, flame, illuminant, illuminator, incandescent body, lamp, lantern, light, light bulb, light source, luminant, luminary, match, moon, source of light, stars, sun, taper, torch