glim

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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

When two substantives of a different signification meet together, the latter is put in the genitive case, as Ulysses lumen Cyclopis extinxit: Ulysses doused the glim of the Cyclops.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John

Even if she douses every glim on board, I'll keep her in sight!

From Mrs. Cliff's Yacht by Stockton, Frank Richard

In another moment, the voice of Franz breaks out: “Ain’t there another glim somewhere?”

From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lynch, Lawrence L.