glim

/ɡlɪm/

noun7

(no longer used) Brightness; splendour.
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(slang, no longer used) A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire.
- 'Let's have a glim,' said Sikes, 'or we shall go breaking our necks, or treading on the dog. Look after your legs if you do!' — 1837
(slang, no longer used) An eye.
(slang, no longer used) A look; a glimpse.
(slang, no longer used) A pair of glasses or spectacles.
(slang, no longer used) Gonorrhea.
(slang, no longer used) Fake documents claiming the loss of property by fire (for use in begging).

(slang, old-fashioned) To illuminate.
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(slang, old-fashioned) To see; to observe.
- About 9 o'clock he showed up and he knew me the moment he glimmed me. — 1918
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(no longer used) To brand on the hand.
- Profligate women were glimm'd for that villany. — 1714

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