| 单词 | douse the glim |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdouse the glim a. A light of any kind; a candle, a lantern. douse the glim (see douse v.3). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > types of pudding1527 lucidary1687 glim1699 lowe1793 pilot light1906 laylight1932 glim lamp1942 ambient lighting1947 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Glim, a Dark-Lanthorn used in Robbing Houses. c1742 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. II. 526 Glim, and Leather-dresser, viz. the Utensils of a Link and Black-shoe Boy. 1798 in J. H. Vaux Mem. (1819) I. viii. 75 When in the Cockpit all was dim And not a Mid dar'd shew his glim. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 216 Are you in the dark?.. Where should I have a glim? 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxii. 33 Show a glim, Toby. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxiii. 162 Do top that glim, Bill. 1845 A. Smith Fortunes Scattergood Family I. xviii. 267 She's always got that little glim alight at her stern. 1852 ‘N. Buntline’ Myst. & Miseries N.Y. (new ed.) i. iv. 37 Old Jack bade Harriet trim the glim. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. v. 39 Sure enough, they left their glim here. < as lemmas |
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