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glim

noun
/ɡlɪm/UK

Etymology

From Middle English glim, glimme (“radiance; shining brightness”), of uncertain further origin. Perhaps from Old English gleomu (“splendor”) and/or Old Norse *glim, *glima, both apparently from Proto-Germanic *glimō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk glim, dialectal Old Swedish glim, glimma.

  1. derived from *ǵʰley-✻ — “to gleam, shimmer, glow”
  2. derived from *glimō✻
  3. derived from *glim✻
  4. inherited from gleomu — “splendor”
  5. inherited from glim

Definitions

  1. Brightness

    Brightness; splendour.

  2. A light

    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!'
    • "Come along here, I'll give ye a glim in a jiffy;" and so saying he lighted a candle and held it towards me, offering to lead the way.
    • 'Sure enough, they left their glim here,' said the fellow from the window.

  3. An eye.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A pair of glasses or spectacles.

    2. A look

      A look; a glimpse.

    3. Gonorrhea.

    4. Fake documents claiming the loss of property by fire (for use in begging).

    5. To brand on the hand.

      • Profligate women were glimm'd for that villany.

    6. To illuminate.

    7. To see

      To see; to observe.

      • About 9 o'clock he showed up and he knew me the moment he glimmed me.
      • Heibers further states he glimmed the following on Maxwell Street on a Sunday morning[…]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA