glim

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Summoned by a flood of protests, Vatican City firemen broke open the door, doused the gleaming glim.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

At this point the order was given, "Douse the glim," and all lights were extinguished.

From The Mountains of Oregon by Steel, William Gladstone

My boat is heading that way, and I’m going to light my glim.

From Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence by Arundel, Louis

A brother-farmer—neighbor, once, to me— Who's down here, like myself, to hear and see, Told me, last night, before we "doused the glim," How a young wheel-chap got the start of him.

From City Ballads by Carleton, Will