glim
Example Sentences
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The latest of these, a novel by Walter Macken called Rain on the Wind, never quite bursts into flame; the book carries so much sentimental moisture that it douses its own glim.
From Time Magazine Archive
Summoned by a flood of protests, Vatican City firemen broke open the door, doused the gleaming glim.
From Time Magazine Archive
Douse the glim, your colours, &c., to knock down.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
Just goin' to douse the glim this minute.
From Fair Harbor by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
At this point the order was given, "Douse the glim," and all lights were extinguished.
From The Mountains of Oregon by William Gladstone Steel
