glim

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ɡlɪm/

Noun

glim

1. (obsolete) brightness; splendour
2. (archaic, slang) A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire.
3. (archaic, slang) An eye.
4. (archaic, slang) A pair of glasses or spectacles.
5. (archaic, slang) A look; a glimpse.
6. (archaic, slang) Gonorrhea
7. (archaic, slang) Fake documents claiming the loss of property by fire (for use in begging).

Verb

glim (glims, present participle glimming; past and past participle glimmed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To brand on the hand.
2. (dated, slang) To illuminate.
3. (dated, slang) To see; to observe.

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