Definition of glim Glim

glim

We found 8 definitions of glim from 5 different sources.

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What does glim mean?

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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • glim (n.)
    Brightness; splendor.
  • glim (n.)
    A light or candle.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • glim
    glim, n. (coll.) a light: (slang) an eye. [A.S. gleomu; cf. Ger. glimm, a spark.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • glim
    A light; familiarly used for the eyes.--Dowse the glim, put out the light.

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • glim
    A candle, or dark lantern, used in housebreaking; also fire. To glim; to burn in the hand. CANT.

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