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单词 glim
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glimn.

Brit. /ɡlɪm/, U.S. /ɡlɪm/
Forms: Also Middle English glymme.
Etymology: Ultimately < the weak-grade of the Germanic root *glῑm- , glaim- (see gleam n.); but the history is obscure. Possibly the word in sense 2 may be a modification of glims glimpse n., and in sense 3 a shortening of glimmer n.1, its earlier synonym. It is not certain that the noun existed in Old English or Old Norse, though some of the continental Germanic languages have a word of coincident form and meaning: compare Middle High German glim (modern German glimm) masculine, spark, Swedish dialect glim flash, Dutch (obsolete), Flemish glim, also glimp, glow, glance, passing appearance.
1. ? Brightness. Obsolete. rare.So commonly explained on etymological grounds; the context by itself would rather suggest ‘delight’.
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the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > brightness
shinessc950
brightOE
gleamOE
lightnessOE
brightnessOE
brightheadc1300
glimc1400
lightsomeness1440
shinea1529
brightsomeness1548
lustrec1550
claritude1575
lightfulnessa1586
explendency1642
lucidness1648
lucidity1656
luculency1656
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1087 So watz I rauyste wyth glymme pure.
2. Scottish †A passing look, a glimpse (obsolete). Hence, as much as is seen at a glance; a scrap.
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c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) Ded. 2 If the way might be found to draue your eie, set on high materes of state, to take a glim of a thing of so mean contemplation.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 122 Now, old Meg, d—n me, if I can understand a glim of this story of yours.
3. slang.
a. A light of any kind; a candle, a lantern. douse the glim (see douse v.3).
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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.
b. An eye.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun]
eyeeOE
the fleshly eyec1175
balla1400
window1481
glazier1567
light1580
crystal1592
orb1594
glass1597
optic1601
twinkler1605
lampa1616
watchera1616
wink-a-peeps1615
visive organa1652
ogle1673
peeper1691
goggle?1705
visual orb1725
orbit1727
winker1734
peep?1738
daylights?1747
eyewinker1808
keeker1808
glimmer1814
blinker1816
glim1820
goggler1821
skylight1824
ocular1825
mince pie1857
saucer1858
mince1937
1820 in Egan Grose's Dict. Vulgar Tongue (1823) (at cited word) His glims I've made look like a couple of rainbows.
1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford I. vii. 130 Queer my glims, if that ben't little Paul.
a1845 R. H. Barham House-warming!! in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 288 Harold escaped with a loss of a ‘glim’.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (slang).
glim lamp n.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > types of
pudding1527
lucidary1687
glim1699
lowe1793
pilot light1906
laylight1932
glim lamp1942
ambient lighting1947
1942 W. Simpson One of our Pilots is Safe ii. 40 At dusk the control officer for the night arrived and arranged a path of small electric glim lamps in the form of a capital L.
glim light n.
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1943 T. Horsley Find, Fix & Strike v. 45 The control officer ‘bats’, which are now fitted with small electric bulbs, are clearly seen against the background of ‘glim’ lights.
C2.
glim-fenders n. andirons; also punningly, handcuffs.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > for the hands or arms
copsa700
manaclec1350
handlock1532
hand-bolt1563
handcuff1649
cuff1663
Darbies1673
glim-fenders1699
government securities1707
pinion1736
ruffles1776
bracelet1817
nippers1821
handicuff1825
shangy1839
snitchers1864
come-along1874
shackle-irons1876
mitten1880
wristlet1881
snaps1891
snips1891
stringers1893
twister1910
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > andiron or fire-dog
brandisec1000
andirona1300
brandiron1381
brandreth1400
landiron1459
dog iron1534
creeper1556
dog1587
glim-fenders1699
fire dog1751
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Glimfenders, Andirons.
?1750 Apol. Life Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew (ed. 2) 338 Glimfenders, hand irons.
1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang Glim~fendors, hand-cuffs, or wrist manacles.
glim-glibber n. a lingo or jargon.
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the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon
language1502
term of art1570
fustiana1593
jargoning1623
jargon1651
speciality1657
lingo1659
cant1684
linguaa1734
patois1790
slang1801
shibboleth1829
glim-glibber1844
argot1860
gammy1864
patter1875
stagese1876
vernacular1876
palaver1909
babble1930
buzzword1946
in word1964
rabbit1976
1844 Ld. Brougham Albert Lunel III. vi. 180 All of the same caste (or as he jocosely termed it, of the same cant) had a glimglibber of their own, and quite understood one another, like freemasons.
glim-jack n. a link-boy.
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1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Glimjack, a Link-boy.
glim-stick n. a candlestick.
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1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Glimstick, a Candlestick.
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 178 Glim, a candle, or other light.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

glimv.

Brit. /ɡlɪm/, U.S. /ɡlɪm/
Forms: Also Middle English glymm.
Etymology: In sense 1, < Dutch glimmen to glow = Middle High German, German glimmen , Swedish glimma , Danish glimme , < the root glim- (see glim n.). In sense 2, < glim n.
1. intransitive. To shine, gleam. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker
shimmera1100
blenk1303
leamc1330
blysnec1400
glimmerc1400
glimpsec1400
glintc1440
glim1481
lemyrea1500
glimster1565
glance1568
flicker1608
simper1633
gloat1644
gleen1662
shimper1674
blink1786
skimmer1788
flash1791
sheen1812
glinter1851
flimmer1880
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 92 Ther laye in a grete ape with tweyne grete wyde eyen, and they glymmed as a fyre.
2. transitive. To brand or burn in the hand. slang.
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society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > be distinctive mark on [verb (transitive)] > put identifying mark on > brand as token of infamy or subjection
stigmatize1585
fleur-de-lis1650
glim1699
sizz1699
brand1753
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew (at cited word) As the cull was Glimm'd, he gangs to the Nubb, if the Fellow has been Burnt in the Hand, he'll be Hang'd now.
1708 Mem. John Hall 15 Profligate Women..are Glimm'd for that Villany.
1785 in F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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